New Media/Entertainment

Representative engagements completed by Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff's attorneys for clients in the New Media/Entertainment industries include:

• Assisted the producer and distributor of wireless entertainment content with the structure and formation of a holding company for intellectual property rights to an animated motion picture and with the formation of affiliated entities to produce the first episode of a series, video game and ancillary products.
• Assisted in the resolution of a partnership dispute over an entertainment event, resulting in the client taking control of the business.
• Successfully represented movie studio executives in negotiating separation agreements.
• Reviewed the phrasing of claims used in television and radio advertising for multiple clients.
• Represented company in the purchase of a film library from a business that was in bankruptcy.
• Advised national film script-writing software company in the acquisition of a company that publishes magazines and produces conferences on script writing.
• Negotiated buy-out of an employment agreement for a long-term studio executive.
• Assisted digital post-production company with its incorporation, including a buy-sell agreement between its principals.