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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Mot. Pic. Pat. Co., Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres. 309 53. 1. THIS AGEEEMENT 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 pari (hereinafter referred to as the Licensor); the EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey and having an office at Orange, in said State, party of the second part (hereinafter referred to as the Edison Company i : and PATHE FRERES, 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 third part (hereinafter referred to as the Licensed; WITNESSETH THAT: 2. WHEREAS, an agreement in writing was entered into on the 18th day of December, 1908, by and between the Licensor, the Edison Company, and the Licensee; and 3. WHEREAS, the Licensor, the Edison Company, 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, the Edison Company, and the Licensee, in consideration of the sum of One (1) 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 number seven of said agreement, and do hereby substitute therefor the following : 7. The Licensee1 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 Patenl No. 12,037, letters patent Nos. 629,063 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 trade-mark in each picture of at least one scene of each subject of positive motion pictures on film of a greater width than approximately one ill inch manufactured