United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office
Volume:
United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others
Leaf #:
00036
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
December 21, 2023
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30 with the title. That makes no difference. He could not have retained title for the express purpose of accomplishing a result which would have been an unlawful restraint of trade had he parted with title. We very respectfully maintain that the position of the court is controlled by the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit in National Harrow Company v. Hench, 83 Fed., 36, cited in our main brief at page 28. Judge Moon suggests that that case is not applicable, for the reason that it dealt with suppression of competition while the patents in this case were not competing patents. Even if there be the difference he suggests between the cases, to which we do not agree, we maintain that a decision holding that patents may not be used to suppress competition is a direct holding to the effect that patents may not be used to accomplish other forms of restraint of trade. Unreasonable suppression of competition between manufacturers in interstate commerce is merely one of many forms of restraint of trade. Numerous cases of the Supreme Court have presented no suppression of competition, but clear and unreasonable interference with commerce. Such cases were the Cotton Corner case, TJ. S. v. Patten, 226 TJ. S., 525 (main brief, pp. 271-274) ; TJ. S. v. Pacific & Arctic Navigation Co., 228 U. S., 87 (main brief, pp. 280-282) ; TJ. S. v. Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Assn., 234 U. S.,