Entertainment
The global multibillion dollar entertainment industry has been expanded and transformed by the powerful advance of Internet-based entertainment platforms, the sudden emergence of non-traditional competitors and the convergence-driven shift in business partnerships. From start-up digital technologies to established entertainment providers, Orrick has the relationships, experience and understanding of the rapidly changing international entertainment industry that is required to effectively serve our clients.
In the Videogame, Film, Television, Music and Online, New Media & New Technologies industries, Orrick's lawyers have been engaged by many of the world's most important companies because we combine a unique legal and practical knowledge of the business context of our clients' needs for transaction and dispute resolution services. Orrick's industry leading experience extends from business-critical intellectual property disputes and critically important employment and labor matters, to deals of every type in the financing, development, production and distribution of entertainment content.
Orrick's experience with intellectual property matters in the entertainment industry is unrivaled. This distinguishing feature of our practice is a strategic tool for our clients as innovation plays an ever-increasing role in the development, growth and survival of entertainment companies. Orrick's deep emphasis in working with many clients in the technology industries enables us to provide clients with meaningful counsel in this dynamic environment. Whether involving traditional entertainment matters or new entertainment issues brought by the digital age, when the stakes are high Orrick's experience has proven to be our clients' competitive advantage.
Orrick's Entertainment practice comprises the following areas:
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