Literary Publishing
Our attorneys advise authors and writers in all matters related to copyright law, collaboration agreements, employment, publishing, work made for hire agreements, rights management and licensing and literary representation. We also assist artists in all litigation related matters, particularly with copyright infringement in all California state and federal courts.
- Represent screenwriters and authors in negotiating agreements with publishers, motion picture studios, and others.
- Represent screenwriters and authors in drafting collaboration agreements.
- Represent screenwriters and authors in protecting copyright through the writer’s guild and U.S. Copyright Office.
- Represent writers and authors with rights agreements with motion picture studios, television networks, and production and distribution companies.
- Represent writers and authors in the development of coffee table photo books.
- Represent celebrities and others in the negotiation and drafting of ghostwriting literary works.
- Represent writers in disputes with other writers, authors, collaborators, joint authors and publishing companies.