Legal Services for Media and Entertainment
We have outlined below a number of examples that illustrate in broad context the scope of work carried out by our team of media and entertainment solicitors:
Film and TV
- Copyright and format protection and exploitation
- Rights acquisition and disposal
- Option agreements
- Scriptwriters' agreements
- Production and co-production agreements
- Artists' contracts
- Location agreements
- Merchandising agreements
- Agents' agreements
- Corporate re-structuring and company secretarial support
- Business acquisitions and disposals
Defamation and Reputation Management
- Acting for newspapers in defending claims for libel
- Obtaining injunctions for individuals caught up in headlines and who wish to preserve their anonymity and privacy
- Obtaining injunctions restraining defamatory postings or publications on the internet
- Pre-publication advice as to whether material is likely to infringe privacy or defamation laws, and reports to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) under the CAP Code
- Complaints to the Press Complaints Commission, the ITC , BSC , OFCOM, ASA and other media regulatory bodies
Publishing, Advertising, Branding and Merchandising
- Negotiating magazine and or book publishing agreements
- Reviewing and amending prize competition terms and conditions
- Advertising clearance on all media
- Advising on advertising conduct
- Branding advice and merchandising agreements
- Data Protection Act advice and guidance
Intellectual Property
- Trade mark registrations
- Branding advice
- Intellectual Property acquisitions and disposals
- Intellectual Property licensing
- Merchandising agreements
- Collaboration agreements
- Copyright clearance
- Website terms and conditions
Find out more information from our Intellectual Property Solicitors
Call 0870 164 2372 now for a consultation with a Media and Entertainment Lawyer at Pannone LLP.
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