Our Services

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Trademark & Copyright

Safeguarding your brand and creative outputs is essential, given the immense value trademarks and copyrights can hold as assets. By strategically fortifying your intellectual property from the outset, you can evade potential future expenditures and liabilities linked to settling infringement disputes, undergoing rebranding, or withdrawing creative works from public view.

We routinely help our clients with:

  • Registering trademarks and copyrights
  • Trademark clearance and risk evaluation
  • Brand protection and enforcement
  • Securing chain of title to copyrights
  • Sending and responding to cease-and-desists
  • Monetizing intellectual property
  • Building and maintaining IP portfolios
  • Licensing agreements and arrangements

Outside Counsel Services

Yaffe Law provides the benefits of an in-house legal department without the accompanying costs, offering tailored solutions for start-ups and early stage companies to mature businesses. We are your ally across every aspect of your business, including:

  • Handling employment and HR issues
  • Safeguarding intellectual property
  • Ensuring corporate and regulatory compliance
  • Drafting and reviewing contracts
  • Conducting thorough risk assessment
  • Offering guidance to executives and boards of directors
  • Steering you through dispute resolution

We work behind the scenes, guiding your path and absorbing legal complexities, allowing you to concentrate on your vision, growth, and success.

Entertainment Law

We represent an array of talent – from producers, writers, and directors to authors, podcasters, musicians, visual artists, production companies, influencers, and more, providing comprehensive support for matters including:

  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Option and shop agreements
  • Agreements for crew, production personnel, and talent
  • Intellectual property protection
  • Clearance, licensing, and chain of title support
  • Production financing
  • Copyright infringement

As creatives ourselves, we understand that our role is to safeguard your artistic expression, ensuring that your creativity thrives within a secure legal framework. Our mission is to liberate our clients from the constraints of antiquated legal norms, enabling them to thrive in their true element of creation and innovation. 

Production Legal

Think of us as your ‘in-house counsel’ for your film, television, and digital media productions, seamlessly integrating into your production process. From the early stages of conception, through development, financing, production, post-production, distribution, and even potential sequels or spin-offs, our comprehensive legal support encapsulates every facet of your project’s journey. 

 

We collaborate closely with producers and creative teams, meticulously managing contracts, intellectual property rights, talent agreements, production finance structures, and content clearance, amongst other legal intricacies. By ensuring all legal aspects are carefully tended to, we enable your creative vision to unfold smoothly and successfully in a secure and compliant framework.

Commercial Litigation

We represent both plaintiffs and defendants, and businesses and individuals, in a wide spectrum of disputes, including:

  • Breach of contract
  • Fraud or misrepresentation
  • Defamation
  • Deceptive and unfair business practices
  • Partnership and shareholder disputes
  • Trademark and copyright infringement
  • Negligence, injuries, and product liability matters
  • Termite damage and pest control cases
With a combination of rigorous preparation and strategic advocacy, we tirelessly work towards achieving the most favorable outcomes for our clients.

Employee Rights

We advocate for employees and executives navigating the complexities of the employment landscape and assist with:

  • Interpreting and negotiating the nuances of employment agreements and severance agreements
  • Addressing instances of discrimination, sexual harassment, and employer retaliation
  • Securing justice for wrongful termination
  • Retrieving unpaid wages
  • Providing strategic guidance around non-competes

No matter your position or the challenges you face, we stand with you, ensuring your rights are upheld and justice prevails in the workplace.