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 #:
00047
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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taining thooo patento on ouch onerous tonno , on Decoijbor lb, 19CB, the Liotion i'i ctu ro Patonts Company granted licensoa (raodifiod by agreoir.ent9 of Janusiry 26, 19C9) to the Kdiaon Coiapary and to -athc Freres, 3, Lutin; elig i-'olyacopo Company; George Uelies; Tho Kolom Corapeuay; Tho Essanay Company, and tho Vitagraph Company, nil of whom had been licensees of tho Edinon Conpnny, and to the Hiogranh Company and George rClelno, an importer of motion picture film, an i releaned them all from -ill claino fnr nrofito and darnagea on account of the infringe :-,ent of any of tho patents before referred to. All of the pending suits before referred to were at onco discontinued because s omo of tiic defendants had become tho iiconaeeo before referred to of the ."atonts Corapn.ny; because olhnrs hud either diccontinued buBj'neso, or, where they wore exchanges or exhibitors, because they took exchange or exhibitors' iiconsos. In 3ement v. Hationra Harrow Company, 186 U.S., 70 {at page 93) tho 3uproMO Court said: "Thore had been, as th k rofcroo f ind i, a large amount of litigation between tho muny pt.rties cluiming to ov-n various patents covering those :ranle!ient8, ouite for inf ringeraR nts and for injunction had beer, frequent, and it vrtaa doairable in prevent t l«m in tie future. The execution of these contracts dl(f 5n fact settle a largci jmount r. r litigation regarding tho validity of rnany patonts, aa found by tho roforeo. '^).in was a lonitirocte and donirablo result in itself. "