Joint Copyright - The Appeal in Martin and Another v Kogan
Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Floyd, Henderson and Jackson) Martin and another v Kogan [2019] EWCA Civ 1645 Readers can judge from the video that Florence Foster Jenkins was about as good at singing as William McGonagall was at poetry or, indeed, I am at ballet . In 2016 a film was made about her life which grossed receipts of US$44.3 million. The screenplay was credited to one Nicholas Martin but his partner, Julia Kogan, claimed to be a joint author. Mr Martin brought proceedings against Ms Kogan for a declaration that he was sole author of the work and owner of the copyright subsisting in it. She counterclaimed for a declaration that she was a joint author and copyright owner and sought damages for infringement of her copyright. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon in Martin and another Kogan and others [2017] EWHC 2927 (IPEC) (22 Nov 2017), His...