Media & Entertainment Deals and Disputes
Late 2003 and 2004

 

 
 
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Immedia Broadcasting plc - acted for this company on its AIM listing and institutional placing. Immedia provides live tailored in-store radio for clients. The institutional placing of new and existing shares raised £5 million. We also continue to act for Immedia (formerly Storm Digital Broadcasting Limited) on various commercial agreements and trade mark issues and disputes.

 

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Two Way TV - acted for this interactive TV technology company in a claim brought by ITV Digital (in liquidation).

 

 

Pan-European radio station - acted for this company in connection with an equity fundraising.


 

Acted in disputes for carriers with 7 cable television channels at different times in matters of minimum carriage requirements, provision of service, termination of carriage and wrongful use of content.

 

 

Woodline Productions Limited - acted for this company on the sale and leaseback of the film "Young Kees", a UK/Netherlands co-production.

 

 

Novel Finders Limited - acted for this company in its production for the BBC of "The Roly Mo Show".

 

 

Centrehigh Limited - acted in a successful copyright infringement claim relating to a series of fitness videos against Telstar Video.

 

 

Royal Navy - acted in the negotiations for the licence of the Royal Navy's intellectual property rights to Barchester Films for the production of the feature film "Blind Eye" and to Carlton TV for the production of the drama series "Making Waves".

 

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Film production company - successfully acted for this client in resolving a long standing claim brought by a trade supplier.

 

 

Ministry of Defence Film Policy Committee - created template agreements for the MoD for all their contracts with film and TV producers.


 

Novel Entertainment Limited - acted for this company in its production of "Dr Miriam Stoppard's - Having a Baby", a multipart DVD presentation.

 

 

Rambling Man Limited - acted for the producer of "Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand" for the BBC.

 

 

Mentorn TV - provided pre-broadcast compliance advice to this company in respect of a series of programmes for Sky One.


 

BreakThru Films - acted for this company in the UK/Polish co-production of an animated film of "Peter and the Wolf".

 

 

Dogs Trust - acted for this charity in enforcing its trade mark "a dog is for life not just for Christmas" against both Ann Summers and the BBC.

 

 

Bendon Limited - acted in connection with a licensing agreement with Elle Macpherson to launch "Elle Macpherson Intimates" lingerie in the US and Gulf States and to extend rights in the UK/Ireland and Australia.

 

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Liz Earle Cosmetics Limited - advised this company on trademark and patent issues.

 

 

Carnival (Films and Theatre) Limited - advised a shareholder of this company on his part disposal of his controlling interest in the company to the other shareholder.

 

 
Westminster Abbey - acted for the Abbey on numerous audiovisual issues and in connection with concerts by Westminster Abbey Choir.