Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer. (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer.
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of Justice
Volume:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice
Leaf #:
00041
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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Bon GompQKy, 3. Lubin nni another nakin^ claim to an Intorett in t}ie patent. (125 K.I'.., 939;. This a iit wao not vigorously proceeded witl., owing to lack of funds of the Arraat Company, but wa3 boln£; proceeded with to f Inul hearing just prior to Deconber, lOOB, The gi!:et of the invantion of this Jenkins . Arr.at patent cm^.-isted -n dovlcea In ;. projecting m>:cj.ine vlierety t/ie intorvnl of illumination imd exposure of successive pictures exceeded thn interval conauined in char-^ing them. Prior to Doconibor, 19'" 8, other suite were brought by thfi Arrnat Company under t>ie Arraat patent fio. 673,992, dated May 14, 1001. It r.-i. 11 t hu 3 be seen th;.t n wnnuf r. cturor, in order to l-wfully do buslnens in the manufacture of motion pictures, had to obtain licenses under the Sdison camera and fiim rois• uei , owned ty tlie Kdinon Company, nod also under tl-io Lathjim patent, ao far as it covered puch caneras, owned by the liograph Company, and the exliii iters using the motion picture film wade ty sue h manufacturer, or imported, had to obtain the right from Kdison or the Kdioon Company to use the saie under the Edison film reissue patent, and also the riglit to use the projtcfng machine for exliibiting it fr u the Biograph Company, under the Latham, I'roas and other pntonts it owned, and also from the Arraat I.:oving Picture Comp.iny, under the patents it owaed . -17