Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab assists at all stages of the intellectual property lifecycle, from conducting IP audits to exploitation of IP, and enforcement and litigation. The team is especially experienced within tech and communications sectors and are specialists on licence agreements, open source, and IP rights in relation to new technology, database rights, domain names, and trade marks. Practice head Peer B. Petersen specialises in advising film and music industry clients on license agreements and copyright exploitation, especially concerning games and TV shows.
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- ‘Strong diversity within competences. Skillful within both small and big issues’
Key clients
- Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/S
- META Film A/S
- SAM Productions ApS
- CrossFit, Inc.
- Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia
- Flex Music ApS
- Addtech AB
- Bonnier Publications A/S
- M2 Film A/S
- AddLife AB
Work highlights
- Assists Sony Music on an ongoing basis in its attempts to transform and adapt its business to meet the demands of the ever developing changes in technology and in the demands of the consumers.
- Assists META Film on an ongoing basis in matters where titles and content of film productions on the drawing board potentially could involve trade mark and other IP rights conflicts.
- Represents FlexMusic ApS, a venture partly owned by longtime client Sony Music, in a legal proceeding launched against it by the musician Blak, challenging the validity of an assignment made of his rights in certain recordings to FlexMusic, including the validity of the assignment of his rights in a major national hit named "Nede Mette".
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peer B. Petersen