Legal service

Entertainment and Intellectual Property

Advice on contracting, intellectual property, image rights and legal relationships in the creative sector.

Editorial image of a cultural stage for copyright and entertainment matters

Matters included

Advice, representation and defence for professionals and companies in the creative, audiovisual, music and entertainment sectors.

  • Employment law in the audiovisual industry: completion of works, dismissals, subrogations, unpaid salary items, conciliation acts and proceedings before the labour courts
  • Employment and commercial contracting. Negotiation, drafting, review and enforcement of contracts and agreements
  • Recording, film, sports, broadcasting or representation contracts
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright. Management, transfer and actions to recover or prevent third-party use of those rights
  • Advice on the legal regime, management and transfer of copyright and intellectual property: moral and economic rights; image, distribution, broadcasting, exhibition and public communication rights; exclusivity rights
  • Protection of productions, ideas, designs, patents and trademarks
  • Advertising, sponsorship and merchandising
  • Legal advice for production, financing and distribution
  • Reports on legal framework and contracting
  • Registration of works, creations and companies in the audiovisual sector
  • Procedures before collecting societies, public authorities, tenders and competitions
  • Credit or financing applications and data protection matters connected with the sector
  • Intermediation and defence in court or out-of-court disputes. Intellectual property offences
  • Drafting and interpretation of agreements, contracts and general terms. Management and resolution of disputes
  • Corporate and commercial law in the entertainment industry: companies, associations and temporary unions of creators or economic interest groups