17 Mar 1992
CROWN RECORD CO. LTD. v. ENG KIN FILM CO. LTD.
- Citation
- CROWN RECORD CO. LTD. v. ENG KIN FILM CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV156/1991
The Court allowed the appeal and set aside the summary judgment because there were genuine triable issues — notably whether the oral licence extended to reproduction by later technologies (laser discs/video cassettes) and whether the film script constituted a collective or joint work affecting the s.5(2) proviso — which could not properly be resolved on the Order 14 materials; accordingly the defendant was entitled to unconditional leave to defend and costs.
- Licence construction
- Summary judgment
- Collective work
- Joint authorship
- Assignment and reversion (s.5(2) proviso)
- New reproduction technologies (laser discs, video cassettes)