Herrick provides a full range of services to the entertainment and media industries. Our clients include major and middle market entertainment companies; start-ups and entrepreneurs; financiers and investors; cable television networks; internet companies; producers, distributors and end-users; record labels and music publishers; and managers, agents and talent.
Film and other traditional media
We advise our clients in all aspects of the production, finance, and distribution of motion pictures, television programs, and other filmed entertainment, as well as associated literary property issues. We provide similar services in the music recording, music publishing, book publishing, advertising, and fine arts sectors.
We provide counsel and negotiate agreements with respect to:
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Key production elements, such as producers, directors, actors and writers, including both single-picture and term arrangements
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Cross-platform licensing of literary properties
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Single and multiple project bank financings, co-financings and revolving credit facilities
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Equity investments
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Co-productions, pre-sales and territorial licenses
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Completion bonds and inter-creditor agreements
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Distribution and exhibition arrangements in all media
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Innovative financial participations
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Film, television program and format licensing
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Complex rights analysis
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Library sales
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Errors and omissions insurance and script clearances
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Merchandising
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Licensing and use of music in connection with filmed entertainment
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Securitization of entertainment, copyright, trademark revenue streams, and other off-balance sheet financings
Digital and other new media
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Content licensing
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Digital exploitation
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Asset valuation and monetization
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Complex rights agreements
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Asset acquisitions
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Joint ventures in the U.S., abroad, and cross-border
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Distribution agreements
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Copyright and trademark issues, including those relating to new technologies
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Programming, distribution and related agreements
Litigation
In addition to our transactional capabilities, you can count on Herrick’s experience litigating in all entertainment and media areas, including contract, accounting, copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, publicity, name and likeness, and Internet-related disputes. Many of our lawyers have been in-house in the industry, and our insider’s understanding makes us effective and efficient advisors and litigators.
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