It is not uncommon to see licensed and independent films on the same
program these days.
-"The Answer Man," Moving Picture World, 25 October 1913, P. 375

Two series of events in 1912 marked the beginning of a realignment of the film industry comparable to that of 1909 in terms of the changes it brought to the way motion pictures were made and seen. The first was the series of court decisions and legal actions that signaled the beginning of the end of the Motion Picture Patents Company. The second was the breakup of both licensed and independent combinations, owing in large part to the fact that new methods of distribution were required if feature films were to be profitable.

The Latham loop patent was overthrown in Patents Company V. IMP in February 1912 when judge Learned Hand held that the patents claim did not cover cameras...