Literary and artistic property
Towery assists and defends their clients who work in the literary and artistic property sector both in terms of copyright (publishing of literature and music, or software), as for the related rights (the rights of performers, of music and video producers) and for the sector of the performing arts including, in particular:
- Consultation, drafting of contracts (assignment, publishing contracts, editorial preference pacts, commissioned works contracts, performer contracts, co-production, management, artistic agents’ contracts, synchronisation contracts, employment contracts relative to the people involved in a creation);
- Support and guidance through conflicts (at the pre-litigation stage and in litigation), accompaniment through alternative conflict settlement methods (mediation, conciliation and collaborative law).
Towery is also involved in the litigation specific to combating copyright infringements :
- Constitution of proof (observation by bailiff, expert’s report, seizing of infringing goods);
- Official notice;
- Criminal complaint, write of summons and compelling to appear;
- Intervention with the technical intermediaries;
- Relations with the customs (constitution of requests to withhold, contact of the customs in the event of seizure);