How long do people usually give options to pitch for? 6 months? 12 months? 18 months? Entertainment film

This decision is highly dependent on your confidence in the director/producer, the cost of the option (if any), and the time table of the creator. ...

Need Entertainment lawyer in or around the Culver City or Los Angeles area

You should contact an attorney that offers free consultation and outline the needs you've referenced above. If you are forming an LLC you will...

Under California’s Talent Agency Act (TAA), a person must have a license if they are acting to “procure employment” for talent. Note that...

Its not clear what is being filmed in the backstage footage. Multiple layers of intellectual property and personality rights are implicated when...

I need a lawyer to review a business agreement contract!

You'll want to make sure that there is a proper assignment of rights and that the agreement is not simply a template "work made for hire" without...

Developed an educational game which uses custom playing cards and rules based off the cards. Is it patentable?

Various elements of your game may be protected by patent (protecting unique features of an invention), trademark (protecting certain brand names...

What (if any) rights do I have if I have a signed completion bonus agreement, met the terms, but employer will not pay?

In order to properly advise you, an attorney needs to review the actual language of the contract and discuss the specific objects of the project...

Trucking freight factoring company- license

You need an attorney experienced in business organization. He or she will advise you on corporate business structure, permitting issues and...

A contract was not signed, but the consultant did the work, and not billed us. We want another 1 year contract. What terms?

Its important to have a signed agreement, particularly if the consultant created any intellectual property that needed to vest or be assigned to...

I am producing a song currently that I want to put on the market the history of this project is in the " Add details," section.

You should locate your "work for hire" agreement to see whether all components of the track are "works made for hire," whether there are any...