The practice of Media & Entertainment law involves providing legal services to clients in the media and entertainment industry, such as film and television production companies, music recording labels, publishing houses, and other related businesses. The practice includes contract negotiation and drafting, intellectual property law (copyrights, trademarks, and patents), non-disclosure agreements, defamation cases, licensing and merchandising, talent agreements, and issues arising from new technologies such as digital media.

The Firm advises businesses across a broad spectrum of industries on entertainment, media and advertising laws involving a whole range of legal and regulatory issues including:

 

• Registrations, licenses and compliances under the relevant regulations;
• Public policy issues and initiatives;
• Distribution, broadcast, syndication rights and deals;
• Talent, performers and key-creatives’ rights, agreements and releases;
• User generated content and Website and service terms and conditions;
• Privacy and data protection;
• Information Technology related issues such as cyber-squatting, spamming;
• Agreements including Distribution & Licensing, Master Services, Commissioning, Merchandising and Sponsorship etc.;
• Intellectual Property issues including acquisition and management, digital rights management, copyright and designs law, moral rights, passing off;
• Obscenity, sedition, censorship and content regulation;
• Dispute resolution, Arbitration and Litigation.
• Issues related to advertising and marketing, such as product placement and sponsorship.