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Copyright and neighbouring rights updates on both sides of the pond: progress in sight for right owners | Entertainment law

Articles, Copyright litigation, Entertainment & media, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Litigation & dispute resolution, Music law, News

Notable headway is being made, on both sides of the pond, to legislate for better protection and empowerment of right owners. While such parallel progresses, made in the European Union and the USA, do not relate to resolving the same business and legal issues pertaining to copyright and neighbouring rights, they are notable as they more »

Registration of beneficial ownership

Registration of beneficial ownership: time to take action | Corporate law

Antitrust & competition, Articles, Banking & finance, Capital markets, Consumer goods & retail, Emerging companies, Entertainment & media, Fashion law, Gaming, Hospitality, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Internet & digital media, Life sciences, Mergers & acquisitions, Music law, Outsourcing, Private equity & private equity finance, Real estate, Tax, Technology transactions

What are business owners obligations, in terms of registering beneficial ownership of their companies? How do these obligations differ, in France and the United Kingdom, even though such obligations stem from the same European legislation, i.e. the European Directive 2015/849 dated 20 May 2015 on money laundering?  1. What is this all about? On 20 May more »

Tribeca film festival

Annabelle Gauberti featured in documentary “The man who stole Banksy” | Tribeca Film Festival

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Annabelle Gauberti, founding partner of Crefovi, is featured in the upcoming documentary, written, directed and produced by Crefovi client Marco Proserpio, “The man who stole Banksy”  The documentary will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival from 20 to 26 April 2018.   THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY – Trailer from Marco Proserpio. Synopsis: In 2007, more »

Netflix vertical integration

Netflix vertical integration strategy: I was right on the money | Entertainment law

Antitrust & competition, Articles, Banking & finance, Copyright litigation, Emerging companies, Entertainment & media, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Litigation & dispute resolution, Media coverage, Mergers & acquisitions, News, Private equity & private equity finance, Technology transactions

Where does Netflix stand, in terms of expanding its business model, content and distribution channels, worldwide? Where is it heading towards, in the current content distribution ecosystem?  1. Netflix’s state of play in 2018 On 15 May 2015, during the “In conversation with Ted Sarandos” event at the Cannes Film Festival, I asked Netflix’s chief more »

Alternative dispute resolution in entertainment

Alternative dispute resolution in entertainment and the creative industries | ADR – mediation and arbitration

Art law, Articles, Consumer goods & retail, Copyright litigation, Employment, compensation & benefits, Entertainment & media, Fashion law, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Law of luxury goods, News, Trademark litigation

In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein’s revelations, which triggered many more about sexual predators killing it in Hollywood and other creative industries, it is topical to look into the pros and cons of alternative dispute resolution in entertainment. While Weinstein and other top brass in the entertainment industry used to do away with accusations more »