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)

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 #:
000478
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:
June 27, 2024
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456 Motion Picture Patents Co. and Eastman Kodak Oq. J>y inserting after the words "foreign manufacturers/7 line 15, page 20, the words "and other 'non-licensed manufactures aforesaid/ " I>y inserting after "manufacturers/' line 13, page 21, the words "and other mon-licensed manufacturers aforesaid.' " I>y inserting after the word "manufacturers," line 4, page 22, the words "and other 'non-licensed manufacturers aforesaid.' ' By striking out the entire paragraph numbered 27, and substituting therefor the following as paragraph 27: "27. It is further mutually covenanted and agreed by and between the Patents Company and the Eastman Company that this agreement shall take effect June 20th, 1909, and unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided shall continue until July 1st, 1912, and thereafter year by year, unless either of said parties*, at least sixty (GO) days before the expiration of said original term, or of any of said subsequent terms, notifies the other in writing of its election to terminate this agreement, in which case the same shall terminate at the end of the term in which such notice is given." (». That said above mentioned agreement entered into on or about the 15th day of June, 1909, as altered and modified by this agreement, shall continue in full force and effect. 7. That the covenants and agreements herein contained shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Patents Company, its successors, assigns and legal representatives, and the Eastman Company and its successors as defined in paragraph 10 of said agreement in writing dated on or about June 15th, 1909. IN AYITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their officers duly authorized to perform these acts, the day and year first above written. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY, By Frank L. Dyer, A I lest: President. Wm. Pelzer, Secretary. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, P*y Geo. Eastman, Witness: Treasurer. M. B, Philipp.