Chitiz Pathak LLP is well positioned to provide a full range of services to the media and entertainment industry, including negotiation, contracting and litigation.

We assist clients with all manner of legal issues associated with the commercialization of mass media and multimedia products and services, such as film, television, music, theatre, electronic games, publishing, visual arts and design, including those related to financing, employment, rights acquisition, branding, marketing and distribution.

New technologies and the digital revolution are adding layers of complexity to the business and intellectual property rights management associated with entertainment products and services, including questions arising out of new transmission and distribution technologies such as the Internet and effortless file sharing. Chitiz Pathak has the technological sophistication to steer our clients through the resulting maze of practical and legal ramifications.

Our lawyers have completed a broad range of financing transactions, have acted on financing and rights-related disputes involving entertainment industry service providers and content creators before the Ontario courts and the Copyright Board of Canada, and have negotiated and prepared content acquisition and commercialization agreements such as those related to:

Rights options
Film, television and electronic game production
International co-production
Interactive website development and content production
Talent contracting
Distribution and merchandising
Music composition
Music synchronization and mechanical licenses
Trade-mark licenses
Privacy and personality releases for actors and models
Book and magazine publishing
Fine art licenses