When it comes to film and television clearance issues, there are several high profile cases that serve as cautionary tales…
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How to Protect Your Creative Work with Script Clearance You’ve never seen Jerry Lewis in The Day the Clown…
AMERICAN HUSTLE (2013) PAUL BRODEUR v. ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT INC. et al In another case of failed script clearance, the producers of…
EMPIRE (2015) TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION, et al v. EMPIRE DISTRIBUTION INC. Here we have a situation where better title clearance…
RAGING BULL (1980) PETRELLA v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC., et al Vetting and clearing underlying works often goes far beyond merely signing an…
THE HANGOVER PART II (2011) S. VICTOR WHITMILL v. WARNER BROS. The Tattoo that Almost Scuttled a Major Film Release Who...
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