Services
Entertainment/Media Law
We at the Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark are experts in the fields of Entertainment and Media Law. In addition to our services in the traditional media, our practice includes work relating to content and services delivered via the Internet/World Wide Web and other emerging technologies.
Some areas we handle include:
Theater
• Counseling and representing producers, playwrights, actors, directors and designers
• Structuring financing and production entities
• Production services, including cast and crew, facilities, and rights deals
Motion Pictures and Television
• Counseling and representing producers, writers, actors, directors, and crafts-persons
• Production , finance and distribution agreements
• Structuring production and financing entities
• Investor financing arrangements
• Option agreements and other matters relating to underlying rights.
• Life story rights agreements
• Rights clearance
• Title searches and interpretation
• Privacy, publicity and defamation issues
• Reviewing material for E&O requirements
• Union and guild matters
Music
• Counseling and representing record labels, music publishers, producers, recording artists and songwriters
• Negotiating and drafting music licenses, recording and producing agreements, touring-related agreements
Internet
• Counsel and represent web service providers, ISP’s, and content providers.
• Strategic and legal advice relating to licensing and delivery of digital information, music, and interactive entertainment
• Contract and compliance services for web site operators
• Content licensing agreements
• Site development and production agreements
• Privacy, publicity and defamation issues
Intellectual Property Law
Part and parcel of an entertainment law practice is a thorough knowledge of Intellectual Property law. Our attorneys are experts in the fields of Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secrecy and our practice extends beyond the entertainment industry to diverse fields such as textiles, cosmetics, apparel and manufacturing.
Copyright Law
• Registration of copyright
• Assignments and recordation
• Copyright searches
• Interpretation of domestic and foreign rights
• Licensing and contract negotiation
• Merchandising and Licensing
• Protection of rights in merchandising properties.
Trademark Law
• Trademark/service mark selection and development
• Trademark searches and interpretation
• Federal registration
• Foreign registration
• Customs recordation
• Opposition and cancellation proceedings
• Counseling on appropriate trademark usage in advertising and commercials and on packaging
• Internet domain name disputes
• Assignments and recordation
• Licensing of trademarks and service marks
Trade Secrecy
• Counsel and Represent clients in connection with development and protection of trade secrets
• Nondisclosure agreements
Business and Corporate Services
We possess the expertise to advise any business with regard to its formation, financing and operations.
• Counsel and Represent businesses, business owners, executives and boards of directors
• Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and Sole Proprietorships
• Formation of Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
• Drafting Corporate Bylaws, Operating Agreements and Minutes
• Negotiate and draft agreements between and among shareholders
• Corporate and LLC upkeep service
• Act as agent for service of process
• Private Placements and Active Investor financing structures
• Employment agreements
• Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Comprehensive review and development of operating procedures for compliance with legal requirements and E&O guidelines
