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Entertainment and Media Transactions
The Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Entertainment and Media Practice offers its clients a bi-coastal representation with it highly diverse domestic and international practice, drawing upon the many areas of concentration within the Firm, from corporate transactions for institutional entertainment companies to its individual entrepreneurial clients in the entertainment, communications, new media, high tech and related fields. The litigation component of our Practice offers our clients a full range of dispute resolution services including representation involving intellectual property issues, contractual and business tort disputes, distribution rights issues, and artists representation in business and personal matters.
The Practice conducts a general business practice for clients engaged in all areas of entertainment, communications, new media, high-tech and related fields, including motion pictures, television, Internet, merchandising, licensing, technology, book and e-book publishing music, stage productions, interactive games and entertainment and communication systems, film finance, banking and related areas, labor relations, executive employment agreements and estate planning and advises and counsels clients on copyright and trademark regulation and protection of intellectual property in all media worldwide.
The Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Entertainment and Media Practice offers its clients a bi-coastal representation with it highly diverse domestic and international practice, drawing upon the many areas of concentration within the Firm, from corporate transactions for institutional entertainment companies to its individual entrepreneurial clients in the entertainment, communications, new media, high tech and related fields. The litigation component of our Practice offers our clients a full range of dispute resolution services including representation involving intellectual property issues, contractual and business tort disputes, distribution rights issues, and artists representation in business and personal matters.
The Practice conducts a general business practice for clients engaged in all areas of entertainment, communications, new media, high-tech and related fields, including motion pictures, television, Internet, merchandising, licensing, technology, book and e-book publishing music, stage productions, interactive games and entertainment and communication systems, film finance, banking and related areas, labor relations, executive employment agreements and estate planning and advises and counsels clients on copyright and trademark regulation and protection of intellectual property in all media worldwide.
Our clients include large institutional companies, such as motion picture studios, independent motion picture, television and new media production and distribution companies, music companies, interactive games developers and publishers, software publishers, entertainment industry investors, international companies engaged in new media and satellite pay television enterprises, animation producers, venture capital and banking institutions engaged in financing of entertainment projects, Internet programming production and other conventional and cutting-edge transactions. Representative transactions include:
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representing media and entertainment companies in mergers and acquisitions
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advising clients with respect to joint ventures and strategic alliances involving domestic and international television and cable services
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television
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representing clients in licensing issues, including music, cable and pay per view companies, and the digital distribution of motion pictures and development, production, distribution and finance
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negotiating recording contracts
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handling a wide range of intellectual property rights issues, including copyright, patent and trademark
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litigating a full range of motion picture, television, and music industry disputes
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advising clients on licensing, merchandising, branding
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counseling clients on labor and employment-related issues
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advising and representing individual entrepreneurs and independent production companies
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representing 2D, 3D and CGI animation companies and animation creators
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advising on domestic and international licensing disputes
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representing digital and interactive entertainment companies and video game developers, publishers and distributors
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representing publishing companies and best selling authors
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Los Angeles - Century City
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Washington, D.C.
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Los Angeles - Century City
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New York
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Los Angeles - Century City
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New York
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Los Angeles - Century City
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Los Angeles - Century City
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May 24, 2013
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June 10, 2011
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June 24, 2010
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October 8, 2003
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Represented one of the largest international creators and producers
of entertainment brands in the world in a number of critical business transactions, including ongoing representation of the company in connection with its mega hit television series, the hugely successful charity episodes of the series, and an agreement with Disney for a theme park attraction based on the series. We also represent our client in connection with other television series and the syndication of a long-running successful game show, and represented the parent company in the acquisition of a maker of reality-based adventure programming.
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Represented a worldwide production and distribution company specializing
in syndication, cable, network and VOD/pay-per-view and its founders in its sale to a major motion picture studio. We also represented the company in all of its critical business transactions during the last year, including a groundbreaking (both from a deal-making and a content perspective) television series, a new syndicated game show based on one of the most popular board games, the distribution of a variety of television series, and other development, distribution and production matters.
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Represented a diversified global media company that
is one of the industry’s largest independent film, TV and digital studios in connection with motion picture and television financing, production and distribution transactions.
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Represented the entertainment and devices division of the largest multinational computer
technology corporation on license agreements with major studios and networks and other content providers for the exploitation of motion pictures and television programs digitally by means of video-on-demand and electronic sell-through on their gaming mobile device platforms.
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Represented a cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel
in numerous matters and transactions, including trademark registration and prosecution, and in its expansion into radio, advertising, Internet and other new media outlets through acquisitions and joint ventures.
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Represent an animation studio that produces children’s animated television
programs, from its formative stages to its branding, trademarks and copyrights, acquisitions and productions, employment matters, drafting and negotiating agreements, and advising on company issues related to the entertainment industry.
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Serve as outside counsel to a worldwide toy company on all matters
regarding its ubiquitous worldwide toy franchise, including branding, trademarks and copyrights, intellectual property protection, television, motion picture, Internet, publishing, merchandising and licensing, employment and litigation matters, and drafting and negotiating agreements.
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Represented the creator and company of the top-selling DVD-based board game
in connection with its worldwide distribution arrangements, its content aggregation program with the major studios, networks, sports leagues and other premium content owners, and the exploitation of ancillary rights in its intellectual property (including VOD and mobile).
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Represented an independent producer of motion pictures in connection with a $125 million slate financing
involving separate senior and subordinated debt facilities. We have also advised borrowers and investors in connection with their evaluation of proposals for slate financings, and represented both borrowers and lenders in production and print and advertising financings for various motion pictures.
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Represented a major money center bank in the structuring and execution of a complex motion picture
production financing partially backed by state tax credits.
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