Copyright - Shazam Productions Ltd v Only Fools the Dining Experience Ltd
BBC TV Centre Author Panhard Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikipedia BBC Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Master Teverson) Shazam Productions Ltd v Only Fools the Dining Experience Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 2799 (Ch) (19 Oct 2020) This was an application by the defendants to an action for copyright infringement and passing off for the transfer of the claim to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC"). The claimant, Shazam Productions Ltd. ("Shazam") was a company established by the late John Sullivan who created the TV sit come Only Fools and Horses to manage his intellectual property rights. The defendants offered an "interactive theatrical dining experience called Only Fools The (cushty) Dining Experience ("the Show")." According to Master Teverson who heard the application, "the Show is a part-scripted, part- improvised dramatic performance which takes place while the audience eats a three-course dinner and inv...