Entertainment Law

Entertainment Law

Motion Picture & Television

  • Option and Purchase Agreements
  • Production Agreements
  • Rights Acquisition Agreements
  • Distribution Agreements
  • Broadcast Licenses
  • Cable Network Agreements
  • Licensing Agreements
  • Talent and Employment Agreements

Music

  • Recording Contracts
  • Music Publishing Agreements
  • Producer, Mixer, Engineer

Agreements

  • Endorsement and Sponsorship Deals
  • Touring and Live Performance
  • Transactions
  • Band Agreements
  • Music Licensing Agreements
  • Distribution Agreements
  • Talent Agreements

Trademark

  • Evaluations of potential marks, including searches for availability of trademarks and consultation as to selection
  • Applications and registration of trademarks
  • Enforcement of trademark rights and trademark disputes
  • Trademark protection and development programs
  • Oppositions and cancellations
  • Sending and responding to cease and desist notices
  • Trademark licenses and other transactions involving trademarks
  • Domain name protection
  • Trademark portfolio management
  • Litigation

Copyright

  • Registration
  • Enforcement of copyrights
  • Copyright licenses and other transactions involving trademarks
  • Disputes involving copyrights
  • Sending and responding to cease and desist notices
  • Clearing rights in copyrights owned by others
  • Copyright portfolio management including, for example, music publishing
  • Litigation

Technology Companies/New Media

  • Content Acquisition Agreements
  • Distribution Agreements
  • Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Agreements
  • Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
  • Nondisclosure/Confidentiality Agreements
  • Noncompetition Agreements
  • Licenses
  • Application Service Provider (ASP) Agreements
  • Web Designer Agreements
  • E-commerce Agreements
  • IP Escrow Agreements
  • Franchise Agreements