Legal service

Entertainment and Intellectual Property

Advice on contracting, intellectual property, image rights and legal relationships in the creative sector.

Legal work material of despachocuesta ABOGADOS

Matters included

Advice, representation and defence for professionals and companies in the creative, audiovisual, music and entertainment sectors.

  • Employment law in the audiovisual industry: completion of works, dismissals, subrogations, unpaid salary items, conciliation acts and proceedings before the labour courts
  • Employment and commercial contracting. Negotiation, drafting, review and enforcement of contracts and agreements
  • Recording, film, sports, broadcasting or representation contracts
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright. Management, transfer and actions to recover or prevent third-party use of those rights
  • Advice on the legal regime, management and transfer of copyright and intellectual property: moral and economic rights; image, distribution, broadcasting, exhibition and public communication rights; exclusivity rights
  • Protection of productions, ideas, designs, patents and trademarks
  • Advertising, sponsorship and merchandising
  • Legal advice for production, financing and distribution
  • Reports on legal framework and contracting
  • Registration of works, creations and companies in the audiovisual sector
  • Procedures before collecting societies, public authorities, tenders and competitions
  • Credit or financing applications and data protection matters connected with the sector
  • Intermediation and defence in court or out-of-court disputes. Intellectual property offences
  • Drafting and interpretation of agreements, contracts and general terms. Management and resolution of disputes
  • Corporate and commercial law in the entertainment industry: companies, associations and temporary unions of creators or economic interest groups