Media, Latvia

Introduction

Our law firm recognizes the increasing demand for forward-looking advice in an area which is being revolutionized by technology convergence and accelerating delivery systems. 

The once separate segments of media, such as television, radio, internet, wireless, video and music, have now merged to form multimedia and require creative and pro-active solutions. 

Having accumulated extensive experience in counselling and representing leading broadcasting companies, Internet service providers, publishers and advertisers implementing a variety of innovative solutions, we are well positioned to advise on complex and novel situations. 

Services

Our principal media law practice areas include:

• Broadcasting
• Internet service
• Publishing
• Copyright and licensing
• Casting rights
• Litigation in media matters
• The right to reputation and publicity rights

Our Experience

We pride ourselves in having represented or provided our clients with expert legal counselling in a number of significant media law transactions.  Our track record includes, among others, the following landmark transactions:

We advised a leading national film production and service company with respect to a TV series production and assisted with establishment of legal relationships with individuals and other parties directly and indirectly involved in the production and filming.

We routinely advise a leading national commercial television channel in connection with legal aspects of its broadcast productions and a wide array of intellectual property issues.  
We assisted a famous Latvian author of song lyrics before a court of appeal in a co-authorship litigation involving unfair calculation of copyright remuneration and segregation of input by individual authors.    

Our law firm provided instrumental advice to a major Chinese publishing and media group in connection with its acquisition of a printing house in Latvia.

We represented a major Latvian publishing house in a litigation involving claims of infringement of copyright by publishing protected articles and images on the Internet without consent by copyright holders.