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 #:
000309
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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Motion Ricture Patkxts Co. and Am. Mit. & Mm. Co; 291 45. SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE AGREEMENT (1) THIS AGREEMENT made this 26th day of January, 1909, by and between the MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey and having an office at Jersey City, in said State, party of the first part (hereinafter referred to as the Licensor) ; and AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE & BIOGRAPE COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, party of the second part (hereinafter referred to as the Licensee) ; WITNESSETH THAT:— (2) WHEREAS, an agreement in writing was entered into on the 18th day of December, 1908, by and between the Licensor and the Licensee ; and (3) WHEREAS, the Licensor and the Licensee are desirous of modifying and altering the said agreement of December 18, 1908, in certain particulars : NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH: (4) That the Licensor and the Licensee, in consideration of the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar, each to the other in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and of the faithful performance of the covenants and agreements hereinafter entered into, mutually covenant and agree to, and do hereby modify and alter said agreement as follows : (5) By cancelling, and they do hereby cancel, paragraph 7 of said agreement, and do hereby substitute therefor the following : (7) The Licensee further covenants and agrees to mark each and every camera which it may make or use under this agreement embodying the inventions of reissued letters patent No. 12,037, letters patent Nos. 629,ti63 and 707,934, or either of them, with the word ''Patented" followed by the dates of grant of all of the said letters patent, the inventions claimed in which are embodied in the said camera or apparatus, and to photographically print its trademark in each picture of ar least one scene of each subject of positive motion pictures on film of a greater width than approximately one (1) inch, manufactured by the Licensee1 and leased by it in the "lease territory aforesaid," and to mark conspicuously on the labels which shall be