The witnesses
11.At trial there were four fact witnesses and two experts. Those witnesses who were in the United States of America (Mr Jampol, Mr Martin, Mr Levine and Mr Temkin) gave evidence very late at night or very early in the morning, and in order to accommodate the various time zones the usual order was varied slightly without an impact on the evidence overall. 12.FBT's main witness was Joel Martin. He is the manager of FBT and manager of business affairs for the Bass Brothers, the producers of the Work. He is based in the US and gave evidence very early in his morning. Neil Levine gave evidence for LTEV about the development of the business plan for the anniversary release of the Work. 13.The main witness for the Defendant was Stephen Beatty. He is the owns LTEV and is a shareholder in Plastic Head. He is also the Managing Director of both companies. I also heard evidence for the Defendant from David Temkin who had purported to grant a licence to the Work to LTEV. 14.The Claimant’s expert was Jeffrey Jampol. He is based in California and gave evidence very late at night. The Defendant’s expert was Adam Velasco. He is based in London. Both experts gave helpful background evidence about the market for re-issues of old works, the market for vinyl records, who might collect such records and pricing.
