Copyrights
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery® offers a full range of services relating to the protection of copyrights. We advise clients on how to secure rights in their original literary, dramatic, musical, pictorial, graphic, audiovisual and artistic works, as well as sound recordings and computer software. We counsel clients regarding notice and deposit requirements, register claims of copyright with the United States Copyright Office, and provide advice regarding international copyright issues.
We have considerable expertise regarding copyright ownership issues and in the associated rights to reproduce copyrighted material, to prepare derivative works, and to distribute, perform and display such works publicly. We are also skilled in negotiating and drafting publishing agreements and agreements for the sale and/or licensing of copyrighted materials. Our attorneys also assist the firm's clients in the enforcement of copyright rights and against claims of infringement brought by others.