Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law Group

Law Firm Overview

Protecting Your Creative and Business Interests

You cannot successfully navigate the treacherous waters of doing business in the entertainment industry without representation by attorneys who focus all of their time and attention on entertainment industry business transactions.

At the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law Group, our entertainment lawyers provide our clients with a unique blend of highly specialized legal counsel and business acumen that is essential to properly consider and evaluate your options in order to maximize your creative and business interests while avoiding career ending and costly missteps.

Our entertainment attorneys serve our clients from the inception of their creative ideas and concepts through development, entity formation, joint ventures, publishing (print, comic book, gothic novel and Internet), finance, production, international co-finance/co-productions, delivery, distribution, licensing, video and interactive games, and Internet and new media creative product/content rights exploitation (including wireless devices and telecom) in the U.S. and all international markets.

Our entertainment attorneys specialize in international co-finance and co-productions for all creative product, content and distribution platforms, and through our global network of entertainment industry attorneys, business contacts and consultants we provide a valuable bridge between diverse business interests and cultures worldwide.

Our entertainment lawyers also provide pre-production and post-production business and legal affairs advice and counsel, including marketing, advertising, publicity, product placement, brand integration, merchandising, music, foreign and domestic theatrical distribution, and domestic pay and network television releases.

Over 20 Years of Entertainment Law Experience

Whether you are just beginning your entertainment industry career or if you are already a well-known entertainment industry veteran, an experienced entertainment lawyer can build bridges between you and other global entertainment business opportunities. From our headquarters in Los Angeles, our entertainment attorneys represent clients in every market throughout the world. Our entertainment lawyers handle all legal matters related to the entertainment industry including. entertainment finance, motion picture production and distribution, intellectual property protection and licensing, Internet and new media, and interstate and international motion picture co-financings and co-productions.

Areas of Practice

• Entertainment Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Licensing
• Internet & New Media
• Media & Communications
• Brand Integration & Product Placement
• Lobbying & Consulting
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Sports Law
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Internet -- Cyberspace

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Transactions, Business Organizations, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Communications & Media Law, Internet, Television & Film, Wireless Communications, Government Relations & Lobbying, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, International Intellectual Property, Technology Licensing, Trademarks, Internet - Cyberspace