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 #:
00051
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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uorapany xii iiu&iiiii its vu.rioa8 arrungenonts and obtaining title to t}iO varlouo patonte cannot bo considered ac a violation in any way of i];o Ghoriiian Act, \"o will nor conaider first the aanuf acturero ami iiu)ort©ra liconaoa, and, incidentally, the agreenents between tlie Ha3traan Kodak Company and tiie i^atents Coinpar.y, concorning the furnifhinij of the raw filn ur?od for ns/^t in£ motion nictur es. Tli::: MAVJFACTURKRS* LlCKNUKr. AJ'D THK KA3TIUN KODAK COI/P/WY Tho licenses granted by the i'atents Company to the nine mnnuf aoturers and one importer are nubotamtia lly alike in thoir jiroviaiona. The I'ateiita Company, owning tho basic pntcnt3 covering projecting :.iuc liinea , had tho right under the lieaton reninsulnr Button-yaatener Co. v. Slureka 3pecialty Co. caao, (77 fed. .;op,, i,i3i>) and raany other cases followr'ng thnt, affirmed in tlio case of Konry vs. Dick, decided l.larc h 11, 191i, to restrict the u .e of ;;iiichinB8 containir^ tJic invontlons of ■uch patents tn articles adapted for use in thoro procured from either the t'aten to Cornp'.ny or those auth-rizod ly sucli Company to furnish ouch articles. The Motion Picture Patents Company v/as not a rnanufncturer of those nrticlea, na.-r.cly, notion pictures, and thero -22