Intellectual Property
May 20, 2014
The perils of film distribution
Two frequently litigated copyright doctrines, when combined, can lead to arguably unjust judgments entered against licensees who never had any inkling they were violating anyone's rights. By Oren Bitan
Two frequently litigated copyright doctrines, when combined, can lead to arguably unjust judgments entered against licensees who never had any inkling they were violating anyone's rights. A commonly litigated scenario is as follows: A film distributor licenses the U.S. distribution rights to a motion picture from a production company or other intermediary, but unwittingly has contracted with the wrong party - a party that does not in fact have t...
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