Revisionary Copyright: A Ghost of the Past or a Current Trap to Assignments of Copyright?
Worldwide copyright assignments that contain a choice of law clause are the norm. National copyright laws in the United Kingdom and Spain do, however, contain provisions on reversionary copyright in their transition provision. These provisions would, if applicable, terminate the assignment 25 years...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42208 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42208 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 341.9 347.77/.78 Copyright – International contracts – transitory rules – qualification – applicable law Derecho internacional privado Derecho comparado Propiedad intelectual 5603 Derecho Internacional 5602.02 Derecho Comparado |
| Sumario: | Worldwide copyright assignments that contain a choice of law clause are the norm. National copyright laws in the United Kingdom and Spain do, however, contain provisions on reversionary copyright in their transition provision. These provisions would, if applicable, terminate the assignment 25 years after the death of the author and hand the copyright back to the author's successors in title rather than the assignees. From a choice of law pwerspective this becomes a classification issue. This article argues that we are dealing with a transferability issue and that the issue cannot be classified as contractual. That puts numerous assignments at risk. |
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