Our intellectual property lawyers assist our clients on the broad range of intellectual property issues including protection and exploitation of intellectual property, intellectual property infringement and domain name disputes.
Our technology lawyers assist companies that are looking to develop their online presence and to extend their brands to secure competitive advantage with their economies of scale. The increasing use of e-commerce and cross border trade has resulted in the need for a wide range of disciplines and expertise to maximise the commercial opportunities. Our clients continue to create innovative business models and our solicitors have wide experience of using contractual arrangements to help them exploit their technology and minimise risk.
The entertainment industry is big business throwing up significant and unpredictable challenges on a regular basis. Our media lawyers understand these challenges and work with our clients to achieve results specifically tailored to the industry. They act for owners, licensees and distributors of digital audio, visual and data content including films, television, gaming and music as well as media personalities.
Keystone's technology and media solicitors advise on:
Intellectual Property
- Assignment of IPR
- Branding Issues
- Copyright and development rights
- Holding Structures
- IPR Audits
- Licensing Agreements
- Patents
- R&D, Collaboration, Option and Joint Venture Agreements
- Trademarks
Technology
- Affiliate agreements
- Escrow agreements
- Compliance
- Confidentiality agreements/non disclosure agreements
- Contractual joint ventures
- Data Protection
- Distance Selling Regulations
- Due diligence
- Framing Agreements
- Heads of terms/memorada of understanding
- IT Infrastructure agreements
- IT outsourcing
- License agreements
- Linking agreements
- Partnership agreements
- Privacy policies
- Reseller agreements
- Software and hardware development agreements
- Software licenses
- Strategic alliance agreements
- Telecommunications
- Website audits
- Website hosting and development agreements
- Website terms and conditions
Film, Television, Radio, Theatre and Video Games
- Broadcast Agreements
- Broadcasting Commission Standards/ITC/Advertising Standards complaints
- Distribution Agreements
- Exploitation Agreements
- Moral Rights
- Option Agreements
- Pre-broadcast advice, defamation and slander
- Product Placement
- Production and Content Agreements
- Releases, clearance advice and chain of title reports
- Video games development and distribution agreements
Publishing
- Defamation
- E-Book licensing and distribution
- Ghost Writer Agreements
- Libel Reading
- Pre-publication advice
- Publishing Agreements
Music
- Artist and Band Agreements
- Musical Productions
- Music Publishing Agreements
- Music Video Production
- Recording Agreements
