Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law

Intellectual property (IP) is the area of law that deals with products of the mind and imagination. Primarily, they include copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Although often confused with each other, the different fields of intellectual property have very different procedures to obtain protection and in what they protect.

Let the Law Offices of Chimezie Agwu help you with your Trademark and/or Copyright needs today. If you are unsure what the differences are between the two, for your convenience, below is a description of both.

Trademark

Trademarks, in essence, protect your good name and reputation as well as your branding.

Copyright

Copyright protects an expression of an idea: artistic works, like a book or video game, are prime examples although the range of copyrights is much greater than just those examples.

Entertainment law

The Law offices of Chimezie Agwu and its associates have extensive experience with Entertainment and Sports Law and the unique challenges each presents.

We focus on, among other things, the following:

• Drafting and negotiating development and production contracts, such as writer agreements, talent agreements, and recording agreements.
• Facilitating and negotiating distribution deals for an entertainment project.
• Working on financing agreements for sponsorships, bank loans, co-production investments, grants, and other types of investments.
• Preparing form agreements for clients, such as appearance releases, location releases, and license agreements.
• Reviewing contracts and other legal documents to analyze rights issues or other business or legal questions.

One of the most important aspects of the representation of athletes and artists is the establishment and maintenance of the individual as a “brand.” The firm is especially mindful of this and works to protect the strength of the client’s brand through careful negotiation and contract drafting, and by utilizing prevailing intellectual property laws.