Sports
Sports law is the application of already established doctrines of torts, contracts, and intellectual property, to sports industry. Lending, investment, broadcasting, production, media rights, regulatory matters are part of sports industry concerns, and we practice in some of those areas:
- Trademarks and Copyrights Protection
- Sponsorship Contracts
- Agency Contracts
- Lending Contracts
- Investment Agreements
- Venue Sales Agreements
- Facility Use Agreements
- Events Licensing Agreements
- Athletic Facilities Agreements
Trademarks
We defend against and prosecute trademark infringement actions in court. Trademark is a form of intellectual property protecting brand names, taglines and logos used on goods and services. Logos are design marks while plain text names and taglines are considered word marks. Registering trademarks for a brand gives you the exclusive rights to conduct business under brand name in a particular class of goods.
Copyrights
We defend against and prosecute copyright infringement actions in court. Copyright law covers creative works such as songs, novels, movies, computer software, poetry and architecture. Copyright law covers even mundane advertisements. Ideas and slogans are not subject to copyright. Copyrightable material often contains uncopyrightable elements within it; but the fact that portions of a book may consist of uncopyrightable material does not take the work as a whole outside the subject matter of the copyright act.
Original music is subject of copyright protection, but the very nature the notion of "sound" is abstract and subjective. The copyright law developed certain definable, if not definite, criteria to determine if defendant copied plaintiff's work. Therefore, to defy the subjectivity inherent to the aural perception, one must make a side-by-side comparison of plaintiff’s and defendant’s works through dissection and side-by-side comparison under “substantial similarity” test.
Why Us:
- Attorney Gherman a Miami-based practitioner with 17-year track record representing domestic and international clients across trade and service industries. He is an avid triathlete and is a doctor of musical arts.
- Integration of Technology: Combining legal expertise with cutting-edge technology for optimal results.
- Cost-Conscious Representation: Understanding the financial burden of legal matters, the firm adheres to conservative billing practices.