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 #:
00089
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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reir.flue was suotained by Judge jtafford Oecenber 21, 1911, and the defenrinnt held to infrJnj^o. 7he filra reiesuo pntent is -ddressed to thote skilled 1 li Uc art. It et-rtri out Yy descril: J i.;: tl.nt the object is tc prcriuce pictui-Rs "repronentirig objectn in motion 'J.rouijhout an extended period of tlmo, rhich mny be utilized to exhibit the scene inciudinn 3uch moving objects in a p'rfect and n aturai 111 xnner by mearip cf a suitable exhibiting apnaratu8*', and in this ccnteeted cnut< tiiBro was the evidence of a cornpeteiit export that t/^ere was ahovrn and described in tliia film reioauo a positive .Tiotion picture. This evidence in quoted on pages 78 to £0, in the bfief of tic c pure c 1 for the plaintiff, whero this expert testifies thvA. the reissue nhows and describes a positive wot ion picture such as is used in reproducing the effect of movinii objectc. In addition, the motion picture film whicli it wan charged infringed this roinnue patent teas n positive one, an testified to by ir.\^ export, and not denied. Tlie court could not h»vo dodidad the cane in favor of the plaintiff and hnvo ordered an injunction ngaln'st the infringement of t)-is f i liTi reissue, v.->u.c.t it did, unioas tho necond claim of that roissuo In controversy covered a positive motion picttire ^ilm. The legality of the various agreements up to August 26, lOiy, i3, therefore, reinforced, (if such reinforce 41-i.2