Herald specializes in intellectual property, media, press, music and entertainment law. Whether you are an artist-creator, a production or publishing company, a start-up, a foundation or a copyright management company, our teams can advise you on all the legal and commercial issues related to your activities.
Film and audiovisual
Our specialized lawyers can support you at every stage of audiovisual production, from the legal framework for financing your project through to litigation in defense of your rights.
Our services include:
– Drawing up the legal framework for project financing
– Regulatory qualification of the work
– Approaches to the authorities
– Drafting contracts for each stage of the work’s exploitation (purchase of broadcasting rights, distribution contracts, adaptation contracts, co-production, etc.).
– Management of litigation procedures
– Monitoring the execution of decisions
Music, entertainment and literary publishing
Our lawyers advise and support players in the music and literary industries, from contract negotiation to litigation management. The firm works in collaboration with expert music and publishing professionals to ensure that your rights are properly defended.
Our services include:
– Drafting contracts (assignment and publishing contracts, co-production contracts for live performances, etc.)
– Procedures relating to the exploitation of the work or show (registration and declaration of works, exploitation and distribution of works)
– Audits of royalty statements
– Procedures and relations with rights management companies
– Pre-litigation and litigation procedures
– Mediation and arbitration
Advertising and communication
Our teams can help you establish a legal framework for your communications operations, to improve your visibility and guarantee the legal compliance of your project.
Our services include:
– Legal analysis of advertising and promotional campaigns
– Negotiation and drafting of advertising law contracts (licenses, merchandising, sponsorship, advertising sales, influencer contracts, social networks, etc.)
– Procedures and relations with competent authorities
– Pre-litigation and litigation procedures
Press / image rights
Herald has extensive expertise in press law and protecting the image and reputation of people and property.
Our teams can support you from drawing up your contracts to defending your interests in litigation involving defamation, insult, infringement of the presumption of innocence or image rights, including the development of a crisis communication strategy.
Our services include:
– Securing the use of social networks and communication tools, protection of e-reputation (risk prevention and litigation support in matters of denigration and defamation)
– Definition and implementation of a crisis communication strategy in liaison with specialized agencies.
– Advice and representation in defamation and libel actions
Intellectual property law
Our lawyers specializing in literary and artistic property law can help you develop your projects in all areas of copyright and related rights.
Our teams’ expertise enables us to advise and litigate on a wide range of literary and artistic property issues, including musical, literary and audiovisual works, video games and software.
Our services include:
– Negotiation and drafting of contracts for the protection and exploitation of your works (assignment of copyright, general terms and conditions, EULAs, etc.)
– Infringement actions
– Actions for unfair or parasitic competition
– Follow-up of enforcement decisions