IP Registration and Transfers in New and Emerging Entertainment Media
Occupying the point of intersection between entertainment law and intellectual property rights in emerging technologies, the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law Group serves the needs of production companies, motion picture and CGI/3D studios, animators, graphic designers, composers and others engaged with the creative or business side of the entertainment and high tech industries. Contact our Los Angeles office today to learn how our experience with matters ranging from copyright registration to infringement defense can help you realize the profit potential of your work while protecting your property rights.
Realizing the value of IP rights generally begins with registration and copyright, but achieving their full value often depends on your legal team's ability to negotiate and document future agreements and partnerships for wider distribution or licensing into new channels.
Integrated Counsel on IP Transfers in the Entertainment Industry
Los Angeles intellectual property attorney Brian Murphy has over 20 years of experience in entertainment IP acquisitions, licensing, sales and transactions in Southern California and around the world. He can help you identify, evaluate and document licensing and distribution rights that not only generate revenue streams, but that also let you maintain a measure of control over the use of your entertainment media content or software application once you've made it commercially productive.
An experienced lawyer's advice about IP registration, acquisition, licensing and sales can help you get the most out of your intellectual property rights in different forms:
- Software and source code
- Motion pictures, film and video in all available formats
- Computer-generated imagery and graphics
- Film or television adaptations of published literary work
- Animation and anime
- Cross-marketing through brand integration or selective licensing
- Games and flash applications
- Wireless and telephone applications, including mobile phone ringtones
- Music in analog or digital form
At the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law Group, we offer practical business advice as well as legal counsel. We can help you understand your market and the value of your work to various prospective licensees, purchasers or equity participants. You'll be better able to evaluate competing offers from a position of strength as you consider different distribution platforms and licensing terms. If you expect to transact IP transfers on a large or recurrent scale, we can also advise you and your company about the management of intellectual property portfolios.
Call 310.473.3500 for Advice About IP Property Acquisitions, Licensing and Sales
Find out more about intellectual property acquisitions, licensing and sales transactions in the high tech and entertainment industries. Contact the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law Group in Los Angeles for an experienced lawyer's advice.
