Volume 11 - Volume 11
Conflict-of-Laws Rules Governing Copyrights in TV Format
Abstract
The paper aims at finding and formulating conflict-of-laws principles governing TV format copyright
relations. To achieve the goal, we used a vague range of methods standard for jurisprudence, e.g. formallegal, comparative-legal, sociological, and legal modeling methods. As a main result, in comparison with the threads of copyrights conflict-of-laws regulation, we identified the groups of aspects of format issues that have been and have not been brought before courts yet, turned up and explained the approaches to the choice of law usually used by the courts, established in the documents of non-governmental organizations, and proposed our own approach. Moreover, we formulated a cascade of conflict-of-laws rules suitable for finding the proper jurisdictions in TV format contract relations in the absence of choice made by the parties. The paper is the first try to comprehend the issue of conflict-of-laws regulation of format copyright relations.
Paper Details
PaperID: 2219
Author's Name: Anna Y. Ananeva, Oksana V. Lutkova and Sergey Y. Kashkin
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: Copyright Law, International Private Law, Intellectual Statute, Contract Statute, Audio Visual Work Format.
Year: 2021
Month: June
Pages: 1685-1693