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 #:
00018
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 41 290 Schneider, Eberhard (expired) Motion Picture Patents Co. 105 656 Schneider, Eberhard (expired) Motion Picture Patents Co. 4 27 Selig Polyscope Co. Edison Mfg. Co. . 25 179 Selig Polyscope Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 42 290 Selig Polyscope Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 50 303 Selig Polyscope Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 71 443 Selig Polyscope Co. General Film Co. 83 460 Selig Polyscope Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 94 534 Selig Polyscope Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 106 662 Smith, Albert E., et at. Motion Picture Patents Co. 43 290 Spoor & Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 27 Vitagraph (The) Company of America Edison Mfg. Co. 19 101 Vitagraph (The) Company of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 179 Vitagraph (The) Company of America and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 33 254 Vitagraph (The) Company of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 44 290 Vitagraph (The) Company of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 51 303 Vitagraph (The) Company of America and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 72 443 Vitagraph (The) Company of America General Film Co. 84 460 Vitagraph (The) Company of America and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 95 534 Vitagraph (The) Co. of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 10 36 Williams, Henry S., et al trading as Williams, Brown & Earle American Mutoscope & Biograph and others Co. 10 36 Williams, Brown & Earle and American Mutoscope & Biograph others Co. Date Jan. 1909 Feb. 1909 Jan. 1908 18 Dec. 1908 Jan. 1909 Jan. 1909 April 1910 Feb. 1911 June 1912 Feb. 1913 Jan. 1909 Jan. 1908 Dec. 1908 Dec. 1908 Dec. 1908 Jan. 1909 Jan. 1909 April 1910 Feb. 1911 June 1912 Feb. 1908 Feb. 1908