Legal Services

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Entertainment Law, Licenses and Intellectual Property

In the entertainment law arena, our attorneys advise and guide entertainment law clients in important legal decisions, while protecting client interests from a business standpoint. We help with contracts and licensing and other aspects of representation with the entertainment client's overall business perspective and creative direction in mind.

Our attorneys have experience drafting, negotiating and reviewing many different kinds of agreements, including, publishing agreements, collaboration agreements, endorsement agreements, work-for-hire agreements, product placement agreements, merchandising agreements, film location agreements, literary acquisition agreements, talent agency agreements, talent management agreements, film acquisition/distribution agreements, website design and maintenance agreements, editor agreements, design license agreements, investment agreements and royalty-sharing arrangements and contracts.

In the intellectual property arena, we advise clients about protecting their creative and artistic work through copyright, trademark, trade secret and licensing agreements. Our advice includes intellectual property protection both at the inception of the business, and when marketing or distributing strategic IP assets through licensing and other transactions.

We will file your federal and state application for trademark registration or work with seasoned legal colleagues in this arena, provide copyright registration services, and copyright law advice. We also give advice on intellectual property issues related to online products and services, copyright disputes and potential infringement actions. When necessary, we protect intellectual property from infringement through cease-and-desist letters and other legal action.

Our intellectual property attorneys help clients identify when they have trade secret information and develop procedures and contracts enabling them to maintain confidentiality and secrecy. The law of trade secrets is increasingly complex and those who employ others in their business need to be aware of ways to protect trade secrets from subsequent disclosure following employment. Many clients seek trade secret or other intellectual property protection for proprietary educational methods in the healing arts as well as in the entertainment industry. Often, obtaining confidentiality agreements early on, and knowing what they can protect (and how), becomes the linchpin of their business model.