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Oyat avocats - Marie-Hélène Tonnellier
Marie-Hélène Tonnelier
Partner
Practice

Intellectual property – Media

Our clients create and innovate on a daily basis. We help them protect their intangible assets as effectively as possible, enabling better utilization and optimized value.

In support of its expertise in digital and innovation law, the Oyat team has long been developing its skills in intellectual property law, whether in the fields of copyright, databases, trademarks, designs, patents or know-how. Today, all economic players, whatever their sector of activity, are concerned by the need to protect their intangible assets, some of which represent a major part of their added value.

From the protection to the exploitation of these assets, the Oyat team assists its clientsto define the best protection strategy and help them optimize the value of all their intangible assets, under the best possible conditions. The team also defends them in litigation involving infringement, unfair competition or actions for revocation or invalidity.

In a world where intellectual property is now closely linked to the digital era (with, for example, the rise of blockchains and NFTs, the reuse of content on networks, etc.), our team is aware of the key issues at stake in intellectual property law, such as securing the links between creation, innovation and remuneration of authors. While intellectual property is of paramount importance in sectors such as fashion, luxury goods, events and healthcare, which the team’s lawyers know well, it is also at the heart of the media business. As such, the Oyat team has opted for a multi-sector approach, intervening in the publishing, press, audiovisual, advertising, music, radio, art, video game, entertainment and digital content industries.

TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS
PORTFOLIO AUDIT
  •  Audit of ownership and protection of intangible assets (trademarks, domain names, patents, designs, databases, copyrights, know-how, etc.) during capital-intensive operations (fund-raising, acquisitions, takeovers, etc.).
  • Audit of multimedia catalog acquisitions
  • Audit of intellectual property clauses in employment contracts, in particular to manage copyright (assignment clause, determination of collective works, etc …)
CONTRACT DRAFTING AND NEGOTIATION
  • Trademark, cross-license, licensing, assignment, provision, co-existence, naming, pledge, opposition
  • Patent licensing, cross-licensing, assignment, pledging
  • Provision, exclusive or non-exclusive assignment of copyrights, databases
  • Contracts or general conditions for the provision of data as part of data intermediation projects
  • Co-creation partnership agreements with research institutes
  • Image rights contracts
  • Contracts for the provision of open data assets
  • Contracts for know-how transfer
MEDIA
  • Audiovisual and television: production, adaptation, direction and distribution contracts, verification of the chain of rights, agreements with content platforms.
  • Publishing: publishing contracts, copyright assignment contracts, translation contracts
  • Video games: development and distribution contracts
  • Music: authors’ contracts, artists’ contracts, publishers’ contracts
  • Advertising: order contracts, validation of advertising campaigns
  • Social networks: protection of rights (defamation, image rights, copyright, right of reply, etc.)
ASSISTANCE WITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
  • Infringement seizure
  • Infringement and unfair competition actions
  • Legal actions relating to the ownership or lack of protection of certain intangible assets
  • Actions to claim ownership, nullity actions
  • Actions before the CNIS
  • Practice of alternative dispute resolution