Intellectual property law and media law have been a major part of our practice. Based on many years of experience in traditional copy right law, the drafting and assessment of contracts in this area are core practice areas.

This includes band take-overs, exclusive label and artist contracts as well as marketing agreements, publisher's agreements and merchandising agreements. With our special legal knowledge and experience in the media sector, particularly in relation to music production and licensing, we successfully contribute to our clients’ profits. We also specialise in the areas of film production law (synch rights) and in the licensing of ring tones and music downloads. The area of royalty collection, especially by royalty collection companies, is one which is given particular attention.

In the area of publishing law our clients range from music, book and film publishing companies and include composers of music and authors. We particularly specialise in the drafting of publishing contracts. Furthermore, we focus on the area of new media and its various forms of use. We benefit from our comprehensive market-specific legal expertise in the areas of intellectual property and publishing law.

Copyright Collecting Societies
Our clients include one of the world’s largest copyright collecting societies.
Next to representing clients in court proceedings we focus on intellectual property law and the recognition of intellectual property. In the area of intellectual property law, we regularly bring cases before the arbitration board in the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (“Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt”). Here, we deal with inclusive and individual contract procedures. We specialise in all areas of German and European intellectual property law.

Contact person in this area is Christoph Edler von Weidenbach (Munich).