Intellectual Property Law

Yari Loses

By Mike Madison

Just over a year ago I pointed to a lawsuit brought by Bob Yari, producer of the 2006 Best Picture Oscar winner Crash, against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the Producers Guild of America.  AMPAS writes the rules for the Academy Awards, and in 2005, before the competition that resulted in a win for Crash, AMPAS changed the rules on producing credit in connection with the Best Picture award.  Not more than three producers could “win” for a single movie.  Yari was one of six producers with a screen credit for producing Crash, but in the nomination process AMPAS relied on designations supplied by the Producers Guild, which omitted him.  Crash won; Yari did not; Yari sued. (more…)

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Full post as published by Madisonian.net on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).