The firm takes care of all legal needs in the area of literary and artistic property.
The firm is more specifically renowned for its expertise in copyright and neighbouring rights in all sectors, and collective management in particular.
+ Pre-litigation, litigation, mediation, arbitration, monitoring of expertise or transactions relating to copyright and neighbouring rights
+ Consultancy, legal opinion, assistance, drafting and implementing contracts relating to intellectual property (order, service, transfer, licence, remits, etc.): commission contract, publishing contract, production contract, representation contract, artists’ contract, option contract, author’s contract, fixed-term contracts of employment (CDDU), etc.
+ Audits (due diligence)
+ Legal opinions on specialised and technical subjects of literary and artistic property
+ Negotiating and monitoring contracts with collective management companies (SACEM, SESAM, SDRM, SACD, SCAM, ADAGP, SCPP, SPPF, SPRE, PROCIREP, ANGOA-AGICOA, CFC, SEM, SOFIA, etc.)
+ Consultancy and litigation on the subject of social security charges specific to authors and artists (AGESSA, URSSAF)
+ Training for legal experts, judges, operational teams or university students
+ Support with lobbying campaigns of the firm’s clients (drawing up pitches, position papers, amendments, etc.)
The firm also has practical knowledge and considerable expertise in anti-counterfeiting (also known as anti-piracy) litigation.
+ Counterfeiting seizures
+ Notifications to intermediaries, actions for the purposes of blocking or filtering measures
+ Criminal action (complaint, monitoring the investigation, submissions, pleadings) or civil action (summonses, procedural hearings, submissions, pleadings)
+ Relations with the customs authorities (cases of retention of goods, monitoring of seizures day-to-day)
+ Monitoring of search engines, content exchange platforms and P2P sites, websites for the sale of counterfeit products
+ Action against counterfeiters on the Internet and in storess
+ Action against service providers and technical intermediaries
Because the use of content in the digital world constantly raises new questions and requires ongoing adaptation, the firm has also developed recognised and appreciated expertise in intellectual property law applied to new information technologies.
+ Licensing/transfer of software or software packages and databases
+ Video games
+ Free software and free licences
+ nPVR
+ Virtual reality
+ Robots
+ 3D printing
Also see the IT, digital and Internet section.