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- English High Court Issues Substantial Ruling Regarding Section 203 Termination
English High Court Issues Substantial Ruling Regarding Section 203 Termination of U.S. Copyright Grants Made Under English Law
December 6, 2016, Covington Alert
On December 2, 2016, the English High Court ruled that the members of the band Duran Duran would be in breach of the contracts under which they assigned their publishing copyrights if they exercised their U.S. statutory right to terminate the transfer of the U.S. copyrights under section 203 of the Copyright Act. The case, Gloucester Place Music Limited v Simon Le Bon & Others [2016] EWHC 3091 (Ch), has potentially significant ramifications for post-1977 U.S. copyrights assigned under instruments governed by foreign law.
April 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON—Variety has named Covington partners Matt DelNero, Mitch Kamin, Robyn Polashuk, and Neema Sahni to its 2021 Legal Impact Report, their second consecutive year receiving the recognition. Variety’s Legal Impact Report “profiles the top business lawyers working in entertainment and media.” In its feature, Variety notes Covington’s role in ...
Mitch Kamin Named Among Top 100 Lawyers in California
September 28, 2018
LOS ANGELES—The Daily Journal has named Covington partner Mitch Kamin among its “Top 100 Lawyers” in California. The Top 100 are selected for making a significant impact on their practice area, the legal industry or the larger society. Mr. Kamin is the co-chair of Covington’s Commercial Litigation Practice and represents global media, entertainment and other ...
April 20, 2017, Law360
Earlier this month, in Maloney v. T3Media Inc.,[1] the Ninth Circuit held that former college athletes could not assert a right of publicity to prevent the NCAA and its licensee, T3Media, from distributing images of the players. The court ruled that the players’ right of publicity was preempted by Section 301 of the Copyright Act because photographs of the ...