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Advertising and Competition Law

We advise our clients in all disputes surrounding infringement litigation or unfair competition with competitors, trade associations, consumer protection organizations, or professional bodies. This also involves the drafting and filing of cautions arising from Competition Law violations, including the strongest feasible formulation of cease-and-desist orders or interim injunctions, defense against unjustified cautions, and the deposit of protective documents.

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Publishing and the Press

Publishing Law essentially deals with the legal relationship between publishers and authors. For its part, the publisher is basically concerned with the extensive securing and exploitation of rights, as well as allocating liability in connection with any infringement of copyright, intellectual property, or privacy rights. The author, for his part, is initially concerned with the terms involved in granting such publishing rights (type and amount of author’s fees, guarantee payment, right of co-determination in the presentation of the published work, etc.).

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Sponsoring

With ever growing frequency, companies from various sectors are using sporting and cultural, “live” events and audio programs as communication platforms. This regularly occurs in the form of sponsoring. On the one hand, legislators are somewhat restrained when it comes to (judicating) the provisions of sponsoring contracts, so that the contractual partners are basically free to negotiate and agree upon their reciprocal rights and obligations.

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Copyright Law and Collecting Societies

The matter of copyright has gained enormous significance in recent decades and has likewise become increasingly more complex. Copyright Law has always regulated the rights accruing to authors and creators of works, or performing artists, respectively, and influenced (mostly contractually) the legal relationship between such creator or performing artist on the one hand, and their contractual partners, such as film and TV producers, TV networks, music producers and labels, publishers of all kinds (newspaper, magazine, music, stage, etc), as well as games developers, on the other.

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Broadcasting Law

Broadcasting Law is the regulatory law of primary relevance and existential to TV broadcasters, radio stations, providers of telemedia and comparable web services. Our team, with its long-standing practical experience, works closely with our clients on developing practicable approaches to solutions on matters ranging from the issue of broadcasting licenses, to compliance with legal regulations on the protection of minors, or on television advertising, Brehm & v. Moers advises all market players, i.e.

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Press Law / Privacy Protection

Press Law involves public statements of all kinds, be they in the classic print media, radio, film, or published in the new electronic media. The legal issue revolves around which statements are admissible and which are not, as well as the matter of the civil or criminal consequences of inadmissible statements.

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Music

Anyone involved in the music business will soon notice that many, predominantly commercial, interest groups collide, at the same time as being mutually dependent: artists, producers, record companies, music publishers, concert agencies and, last but not least, the collecting societies (GEMA and GVL), to name but a few. In view of our long-term experience and broad network in the music sector, we are familiar with its complex relationships and day-to-day business.

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Internet / Online Portals / Social Media

The Internet and the online world are rapidly changing most of our lives; more than that, they are also rapidly changing business procedures, making former regulations and commercial practices seem obsolete. Hardly any business nowadays can afford to do without its own website in the Internet and on diverse online portals or social media. In practical and legal terms, numerous risks and imponderables lie in wait. Being able to recognize these and their confines is essential. The BREHM & v. MOERS team has been advising clients in all areas of the business for many years.

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Games

For some years, the area of computer games has been rightly regarded as one of the greatest drivers of growth in the media industry. In its peak segment, production costs are comparable to those of the most elaborate film productions and, even in the mid-range segment, budgets are normally at least six figures. Games are no longer only played on the computer, but on a variety of consoles, Smart-TVs, mobile phones, tablets, and even on web browsers.

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