As an executive, Morrison ensured the management and enforcement of GE's patents. On April 28, 1926, Morrison wrote to Gerard Swope, president of GE at the time, to bring attention to the early expiration of three vital patents covering the tungsten lamp, upon which GE's market share virtually completely rested. Morrison went on to acknowledge that cross-patent licensing agreements with Westinghouse, GE's largest lamp manufacturing competitor, was essential to prevent other competitors from gaining share of General Electric's markets.George Ward Stocking, Myron Webster Watkins. "Cartels in Action, Case Studies in International Business Diplomacy",
