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Extract to table / letter-sc-to-rw-derivative-works-position.docx
letter-sc-to-rw-derivative-works-position.docx
Parties
HARKNESS LLP
M. Briscoe
Technology Transactions Redstone Whitaker LLP
Vantage Mobility Systems Corp
Redstone Whitaker LLP
DaimlerChrysler Corp
Dates
October 17, 2023
June 21, 2022
July 1, 2023
February 28, 2023
January 15, 2023
March 14, 2023
March 22, 2023
July 14, 2023
July 20, 2023
August 3, 2023
Amounts
$20,000,000
$3,200,000
$1,920,000
$8,000,000
$2,400,000
$12,320,000
$1,800,000
$2,500,000
$1,000,000
Obligations
The distinction is critical and must be clearly drawn
A contractual provision purporting to transfer or co-own independently created intellectual property must be narrowly construed, particularly where the provision relates to "derivative works" as that term is understood under federal copyright law
2's joint-ownership provision — and VMS contends that the provision is clear on its face and does not apply to the VMS Derivative Works — any such ambiguity must be resolved in VMS's favor under the contra proferentem doctrine