Septem Avocats provides advisory and litigation support in the following sectors

Protection, management and valuation of catalogs of publishing and master rights, collective rights management

Record, licensing, distribution, publishing, co-publishing, co-production, co-exploitation and synchronization agreements

Defending artists, authors, labels and publishers before civil, criminal and employment courts

Securing purchases and sales (contract-drafting, addressing provenance and authenticity issues), public and private sales, sector-specific regulations (auction houses, experts, endowment funds), tax issues

Sales contracts, mandates, artwork commissions, shipping, exhibitions

Anti-counterfeiting, defense of art dealers and collectors, experts, auctioneers. Civil and criminal litigation

Software protection, management and valuation (code escrow)

Development, integration, maintenance, licensing, SaaS, assignments

Infringement proceedings, infringement seizure, contractual liability

Securing advertising projects, image management and valuation, industry regulations

Agencies and production companies agreements. Intellectual property and personality rights (image, voice) assignments

Defense of advertisers, agencies, producers, authors and artists, infringement litigation, contractual and tort liability

Protection, management and valuation of designs through copyright, trademarks and design rights. Design clearance and project risk analysis

Assignment, licensing, commissions (freelance & employee), partnerships, influencer marketing

Infringement proceedings, seizure for infringement. Unfair competition and free-riding, civil, administrative and criminal actions

Protection, management, monetization of catalogs, chain of rights securing

Development contracts (options, rights assignments), financing, production agreements (executive, associated and co-production), distribution agreements

Defense of producers, operators, agencies, authors and performing artists. Copyright infringement litigation, contractual and tort liability

Protection, management, valuation of literary work catalogs

Publishing, audiovisual adaptations and licensing, co-publishing and commission of literary works

Defense of publishers, authors and illustrators, copyright infringement litigation, conand tort liability