Corcovado Music Corp. v. Hollis Music, Inc., Bendig Music Corp., Songways Service, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that use of the word “forever” or “hereafter” is sufficient to convey renewal rights
• explaining that use of the word “forever” or “hereafter” is sufficient to convey renewal rights
• explaining that if a contract “is at most a defense” to a non-contractual claim, the forum-selection clause in the contract does not apply
• explaining that the “presumption against conveyance of renewal rights serves the congressional purpose of protecting authors’ entitlement to receive new rights in the 28th year of the original term”
• recognizing strong presumption against conveyance of renewal rights
• describing T.B. Harms Test as “an explicitly tentative formulation that has nevertheless become authoritative.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).