In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1912-1913)

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Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1912-1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 7
Leaf #:
00016
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 12, 2024
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No. Page Parties Date 34 257 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. 1 Jan. 1909 35 279 Motion Picture Patents Co. Armat Moving Picture Co. 7 Jan. 1909 36 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edengraph Mfg. Co. 7 Jan. 1909 37 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 7 Jan. 1909 38 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Enterprise Optical Co. 7 Jan. 1909 39 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Lubin Mfg. Co. 7 Jan. 1909 40 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Nicholas Power (a corporation) 7 Jan. 1909 41 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eberhard Schneider (expired) 7 Jan. 1909 42 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Selig Polyscope Co. 7 Jan. 1909 43 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. Spoor & Co. 7 Jan. 1909 44 290 Motion Picture Patents Co. The Vitagraph Co. of America 7 Jan. 1909 45 291 Motion Picture Patents Co. Biograph Co. 26 Jan 1909 46 296 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 26 Jan. 1909 47 297 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. 26 Jan. 1909 48 303 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., Inc. 26 Jan. 1909 49 303 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. 26 Jan. 1909 50 303 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Polyscope Co. 26 Jan. 1909 51 303 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vitagraph Co. of America 26 Jan. 1909 52 304 Motion Picture Patents Co. George Kleine 26 Jan. 1909 53 309 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres 26 Jan. 1909 105 656 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eberhart Schneider (expired) 3 Feb. 1909 54 315 Motion Picture Patents Co. American Moving Picture Machine Co. 13 Feb. 1909 55 316 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaumont Co. of New York 2 Mar. 1909 56 337 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaumont Co. of New York 2 Mar. 1909 57 338 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaumont Co. of New York 2 Mar. 1909 58 341 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaumont Co. of New York 2 Mar. 1909 59 344 Motion Picture Patents Co. American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 20 Apr. 1909 60 345 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 15 June 1909 61 349 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 15 June 1909 62 395 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaston Melies 20 July 1909 63 422 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaston Melies 21 July 1909 64 424 Motion Picture Patents Co. General Film Co. April 1910 65 425 Motion Picture Patents Co. General Film Co. 21 Apr. 1910 76 444 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. 14 Feb. 1911 77 454 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 14 Feb. 1911 78 457 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Biograph Co. 14 Feb. 1911 79 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 14 Feb. 1911 80 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. 14 Feb. 1911 Vlll.