Media and Technology

Today’s market offers unprecedented challenges and opportunities. As media industries converge and new technologies develop daily, companies doing business in these areas need access to thorough, knowledgeable and reliable resources in order to stay competitive.

Wolff & Samson’s Media and Technology Group offers a wide variety of services to both vendors and users of technology and media-related services, calling on the strength and experience of a dedicated team of attorneys to provide insightful, timely and efficient legal counsel.

We regularly advise multinational corporations, information and data providers, advertising agencies, software vendors, publishing companies, entertainment companies, computer game developers, Internet ventures, financial institutions, health care organizations and others.

Our extensive range of media and technology capabilities includes representing clients with respect to:

Advertising and Media

Marketing and services agreements
Trademark and copyright counsel, including searches and filings
Regulatory requirements
New products and new media
Agreements with respect to insert media, both Internet and print
Data marketing
Linking and co-branding agreements
Online advertising transactions

Data Developers and Providers

Index development, licensing and protection
New product development
Content licensing agreements
Distribution and protection of data, including distribution directly to end users and through resellers
Standard vendor forms
Agreements to establish alliances and ventures to develop indices and other intellectual property

Outsourcing and ASP

Outsourcing and ASP arrangements, such as those for developing and calculating data, payroll and billing, record management and imaging services, online meeting services and resource management services

Software and Technology

Software licensing agreements
Reseller transactions
Software development agreements
Licensing and intellectual property protection
Copyright, trademark and patent counseling, prosecution and filing

Data, Content, Publishing and Education

Content licensing, linking and co-branding arrangements
Editor, contributor, design and layout agreements
Joint marketing and development of online products
Strategic alliances and content development

Manufacturing

Data processing systems, including software license agreements and consulting agreements
Web sites and Internet marketing and advertising
Product development and joint ventures with third parties
Private label transactions and other distribution and manufacturing arrangements

Financial Institutions

Software licenses, outsourcing arrangements, check processing, security agreements and other technology transactions
Development and maintenance of online brokerage services

Web Site Development and Privacy

Compliance issues with respect to Gramm-Leach-Bliley and HIPAA
Privacy policies for Internet sites, including European Union privacy requirements and COPPA, sweepstakes and contest regulations
Web site development agreements

Media and Technology

Related Professionals

Related News