contrats de reversement commercial,

English translation: Reversion of Rights Contract

12:07 Apr 24, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
French term or phrase: contrats de reversement commercial,
This is part of a dispute over the continued publication of musical works by a company which no longer holds rights to it - it had previously agreed a "contrat de reversement commercial" with the hiers of the artist.
Paul Morris
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:56
English translation:Reversion of Rights Contract
Explanation:
Rights to royalties can be subject to a "reversion of rights", that is that after the licence expires, all rights return to the author. There may be conditional clauses, for example providing that there is reversion if a book is out of print for a number of years, in which case, a publisher might keep publishing to frustrate the reversion.
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Jack Dunwell
France
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4Reversion of Rights Contract
Jack Dunwell
4royalties agreement
Conor McAuley
3copyright termination
Taylor Kirk


  

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copyright termination


Explanation:
http://books.google.com/books?id=y6mhbFjuOucC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA...

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Taylor Kirk
United States
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Reversion of Rights Contract


Explanation:
Rights to royalties can be subject to a "reversion of rights", that is that after the licence expires, all rights return to the author. There may be conditional clauses, for example providing that there is reversion if a book is out of print for a number of years, in which case, a publisher might keep publishing to frustrate the reversion.

Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 20:56
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royalties agreement


Explanation:
Reversement - repayment, passing on of a payment, in this case royalties

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=fr&q="royalties agreement"&me...

The contract has now expired, so the rights revert to the heirs, but the name of the contract itself does not refer to this return of rights to the heirs.


Conor McAuley
France
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