With Paul Menes, Esq.
This workshop will outline
laws and techniques to use when one is submitting their work to a
production company, network, publisher, record label, financier or
anyone else for purposes of the work being developed and released to the
public.
Paul Menes, Esq. is a well-known and respected
entertainment lawyer, is special counsel with the firm’s Media,
Entertainment & Sports Law and Intellectual Property Groups. He
focuses his practice on advising entertainment and digital media clients
in North America, Japan and Europe in entertainment business,
technologies and related issues involving the music, mobile, wireless,
online and video industries, as well as counseling North American
television, radio, trademark and copyright clients. In addition to
representing clients on requested matters, Mr. Menes was a pioneer in
advocating and providing “business affairs” representation, advising and
counseling clients as early as possible in their overall projects and
business endeavors to assist them in reaching their desired goals in a
cost-effective fashion, while identifying and avoiding problems and
issues that could make accomplishing those goals less likely and more
expensive. Mr. Menes’ practical experience on the creative side of the
entertainment industries gives him a unique, “global” perspective on
what it takes to bring an entertainment project to successful fruition
and provide focused legal advice accordingly. For example, Mr. Menes
served as co-producer on several long form live concert programs and
assisted in the implementation of multi-million dollar, multimedia
music-based projects, including an awards/concert series/television
program/recording project in Japan and an annual United States network
televised radio music awards program.
Mr. Menes has more than 25
years experience representing a variety of clients, including new and
established artists and performers, entrepreneurs, startup entertainment
and internet companies, multi-platinum recording artists and producers,
multi-national companies, television and other content producers,
postproduction facilities, audio/visual equipment providers and
licensing clients. Mr. Menes has represented many clients in the digital
space since the late 1990’s, including the public company that claimed
to be the number one mobile content distributor in the world.
In
addition to his expertise in entertainment and digital law, Mr. Menes
has practiced trademark/branding and copyright law for more than 20
years, representing both entertainment and non-entertainment clients in
the formulation, registration, protection, management and licensing of
intellectual property in digital and physical media.
