Intellectual Property, Media and Communications Law

The legal and judicial security of our clients in the areas of creation, information and communications is the responsibility of our specialised IP/IT team. We advise our clients on the strategies to be adopted, at all times keeping a legal watchful eye. We represent them and defend their rights in the settlement of any disputes to which they may find themselves party.

We are regularly involved in counseling work, drafting of agreements, negotiations or management of litigation matters in respect of :

• Neighbouring rights of copyright (performing artists, audiovisual communications companies, producers of video recordings, producers of sound recordings)
• Audiovisual law and cinema law
• Music law
• Publishing law
• Law of advertising creations
• The law protecting artists, galleries, museums, foundations, etc., regarding works of art
• The employment and tax status of writers, artists, journalists and other collaborators

COUNSELING ACTIVITIES :

• Protection of concepts, manuscripts, audiovisual works, musicals, etc.
• Negotiation and drafting of agreements concerning the creation, production and marketing of an intellectual work, in particular :
  • Agreements for the acquisition and assignment of intellectual property rights
  • Agreements for the employment of performing artists and assignment of their neighbouring rights
  • Agreements for national or international production and coproduction
  • Distribution contracts (audiovisual works, feature-length films, video recordings, literary works, sound recordings, multimedia works, merchandising, etc.)
  • Agreements to publish literary works and sound recordings
  • Agreements for the production of sound recordings
• Declarations and management of economic and legal relationships with collective management companies
• Regulations of the broadcasting authority (CSA), film institute (CNC), etc.

LITIGATION ACTIVITIES :

• Counterfeiting
• Unfair competition and free riding
• Pirating
• Parallel imports (sound recordings, video recordings, etc.)

Partners involved in these practices :

François ILLOUZ, Danielle ELKRIEF, Juan-Carlos ZEDJAOUI