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 #:
00017
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
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 81 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., Inc. 14 Feb. 1911 82 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. 14 Feb. 1911 83 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Polyscope Co. 14 Feb. 1911 84 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vitagraph Co. of America 14 Feb. 1911 85 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and George Kleine 14 Feb. 1911 86 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres 14 Feb. 1911 87 460 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Gaston Melies 14 Feb. 1911 88 461 Motion Picture Patents Co. Exchange Bulletin No. 33 13 Sept. 1911 89 462 Motion Picture Patents Co. Biograph Co. 6 June 1912 90 486 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 6 June 1912 91 508 Motion Picture Patents Co. Thos. A. Edison, Inc. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. 6 June 1912 92 534 Motion Picture Patents Co. Kalem Co., Inc. 6 June 1912 93 534 Motion Picture Patents Co. Lubin Mfg. Co. 6 June 1912 94 534 Motion Picture Patents Co. Selig Polyscope Co.* 6 June 1912 95 534 Motion Picture Patents Co. The Yitagraph Co. of America 6 June 1912 96 535 Motion Picture Patents Co. George Kleine 6 June 1912 97 560 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaston Melies 6 June 1912 98 585 Motion Picture Patents Co. Pathe Freres 6 June 1912 99 613 Motion Picture Patents Co. Precision Machine Co., Inc. 20 June 1912 100 624 Motion Picture Patents Co. Exchange Bulletin No. 36 27 Aug. 1912 101 625 Motion Picture Patents Co. Exchange Bulletin No. 37 15 Oct. 1912 102 627 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 15 Jan. 1913 103 628 Motion Picture Patents Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 15 Jan. 1913 104 629 Motion Picture Patents Co. George Kleine 1 Feb. 1913 106 662 Motion Picture Patents Co. Gaston Melies 26 Feb. 1913 40 290 Nicholas Power (a corporation) Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 14 64 Pathe Freres (a corporation) Edison Mfg. Co. 20 May 1908 28 209 Pathe Freres, and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 53 309 Pathe Freres and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 75 443 Pathe Freres General Film Co. 21 April 1910 86 460 Pathe Freres and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 ' 98 585 Pathe Freres Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 June 1912 40 290 Power, Nicholas (a corporation) Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 99 613 Precision Machine Co., Inc. Motion Picture Patents Co. 20 June 1912 29 239 Rental Exchange Agreement Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908