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China Intellectual Property in Film and Online Broadcasting: A Webinar Starting on June 23 (9:30 a.m. London Time, 4:30 p.m. China Time)
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The China Britain Business Council and the British Chamber of Commerce in China are co-sponsoring what is sure to be a great webinar, An Overview of Intellectual Property in Film and Online Broadcasting (VOD) Regulation. Click here to register, but do it fast because it starts very soon.
The seminar is described as follows:
China’s film industry has taken off in recent years to become the world’s second largest by revenue and is widely expected to go on to become the world’s number one box office market as its appetite for theatrical content continues to grow. Online video has also done its best to disrupt the norm in China and brings with it a game changing range of new possibilities for media companies that present both major challenges as well as opportunities for traditional State-owned and privately-owned broadcasters.
An increasing number of British film producers and rights holders are subsequently seeking explore what China could mean for their business and how they can navigate the many pitfalls entering an unfamiliar foreign market presents both in terms of protecting IP and restrictions on getting content online.
This webinar is aimed at providing companies with an overview on two key areas:
Intellectual property in film
The regulatory landscape governing online broadcasters (VOD) in China.
I know and greatly respect the two speakers at this webinar. One is Mathew Alderson, who heads up my law firm’s China media and entertainment practice out of Beijing. Mathew’s bio on the webinar webpage succinctly describes who he is and what he does:
An Australian-qualified entertainment lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience, Mathew has lived in Beijing since 2009. In China his clients include major Hollywood studios, producers, agencies, directors and writers. Mathew enjoys a practice ranging from the acquisition of Chinese literary properties to co-development deals, co-production deals and distribution and financing arrangements. His work also includes the structuring of foreign-invested entities, music licensing and intellectual property protection generally.
The other speaker will be Kristian Kender, Partner & Business Development Director at CMM-I. Here is what the webinar webpage says about Kristian:
Kristian Kender is a Partner/Business Development Director of China Media Management Inc. (CMM-I), a Beijing based consulting firm focused on China’s content industries. CMM-I works with a number of companies such as All3media International, Cineflix Rights, Sesame Workshop, Guinness World Records, and many others assisting them to build their content distribution, format licensing as well as co-production businesses in China. CMM-I is also the China agents for German Films, and the exclusive distributor for National Geographic Large Format Films in the Hong Kong and Mainland markets. CMM-I has been for more than 10 years the exclusive China agent for Reed Midem, the organizer of the world’s largest international content markets (MIPTV/MIPCOM) held annually in Cannes, France. Mr. Kender has lived in China for nearly 20 years.
Kristian is truly a go-to person for China media business issues and I know that he and Mathew will put on a great program. Again go here to sign up.
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We will be discussing the practical aspects of Chinese law and how it impacts business there. We will be telling you what works and what does not and what you as a businessperson can do to use the law to your advantage. Our aim is to assist businesses already in China or planning to go into China, not to break new ground in legal theory or policy.
Source: http://www.chinalawblog.com/2015/06/china-intellectual-property-in-film-and-online-broadcasting-a-webinar-starting-on-june-23-930-a-m-london-time-430-p-m-china-time.html
