AI and Intellectual Property in Film and Television: Ownership, Rights, and Risk

Sarah Cundall is a Senior Associate at Lee & Thompson LLP in London. Since joining the firm in 2017, she has advised producers and financiers on all aspects of the development, production, financing, and exploitation of scripted and unscripted content, with a particular focus on film and television financing.

Thanos Leontaris is the Managing Partner at Ratio Legal Services in Thessaloniki, Greece. He specializes in intellectual property and entertainment law, with extensive experience drafting financing and distribution agreements, cash-rebate and production contracts, and advising producers and distributors on commercial and regulatory matters. His practice also spans blockchain and commercial technology. Thanos is dually licensed in Greece and Cyprus.

After spending four years working as a musician, with musicians, and for music companies in various facets including song pitching, A&R, film and TV licensing, recording, producing, songwriting, and performing in musical groups around the greater Los Angeles area, Michael Peters went to law school to pursue his passion for advocating for artists and the arts. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southwestern Law School’s SCALE Accelerated 2-year program in 2018. While at Southwestern, Michael furthered his knowledge of and passion for the entertainment industry by concentrating in entertainment and media law. He was a Dean’s Fellow, a member of the Southwestern Negotiations Honors Program, and awarded the Biederman Scholarship.

Michael has experience in a wide variety of entertainment law matters including the litigation and negotiation of copyright, contract, and privacy disputes, as well as transactional work such as music production agreements, film and TV production counsel, distribution counsel, film finance, copyright clearance, corporate creation and maintenance, and copyright and trademark management.