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Konnov & Sozanovsky - Copyright and Media Law
 
 

Konnov & Sozanovsky – more than 1000 clients

Konnov & Sozanovsky has a longstanding practice in copyright and media law. Our lawyers were the among the original path breakers who offered highly effective legal solutions in this field. According to «Chamber Global 2006», the copyright and media law department of our firm was cited as the leading legal business adviser in the fi eld of entertainment. We represent leading Ukrainian TV and radio broadcasting organizations, popular artists, famous music producers, publishing houses, soft ware producers and distributors, production studios, mobile content providers, advertising agencies and sales houses.

Contractual Work

  • Preparation of all manner of contracts in the sphere of copyright and related rights (licensing agreements, assignment contracts, ordering contracts and others), contracts on acquisition of rights to TV program formats and serials
  • Preparation of contracts on distributing TV and radio programs in air broadcasting, cable, satellite systems, Internet networks, by means of «mobile internet», etc.
  • Creation of contractual frameworks in the areas of advertising, sponsorship, product-placement
  • Creation of contractual frameworks for each phase of printed mass-media activity

Legal Consulting

  • Advising clients on the legal aspects of conducting business in the fields of TV and radio broadcasting, cinematography and publishing business
  • Advising clients on all issues arising in copyright and related rights, from acknowledgement of authorship to selection of the optimal means of protection against infringed rights
  • Legal support of clients’ activities aimed at creation, acquisition and utilization of copyright objects and/or related rights, including, inter alia, maintenance of negotiations with producers and distributors of relevant products
  • Copyright-related tax planning and optimization

Legal Drafting and Analytical Activities

  • Legal drafting in the area of television and radio broadcasting, cinematography, copyright and related rights, monitoring and analysis of draft laws involving mass media, copyright and related rights

Legal Due Diligence

  • Legal due diligence of a company’s business activities in the field of copyright and related rights

Representation

We represent clients in many ways:

  • in their relations with public governance bodies of copyright and related pecuniary rights
  • before state bodies in the licensing of TV and radio broadcasting, and registration or re-registration) of printed mass-media
  • in the pre-trial sett lement of disputes over copyright and related rights
  • in courts of general jurisdiction, commercial and arbitration courts

Intellectual Property. Company Profile (PDF, In English)

Leading Lawyer Key Practice Office Position  
Biryukova, Natalia Corporate law, real estate Moscow (Russia) Head of office
Gluhovskaya, Tatiana Intellectual property law Kiev (Ukraine) Managing partner
Mirsky, Victor Copyright and media law Kiev (Ukraine) Partner
Semeniy, Julia Intellectual property law Kiev (Ukraine) Senior associate
Sozanovsky, Sergei Copyright and media law, tax law, real estate Kiev (Ukraine) Senior partner

28.07.2007

Konnov & Sozanovsky senior associate Lyudmila Opryshko - speaker at the seminar dedicated to media law issues

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15.05.2007

Senior associate Mrs. Lyudmila Opryshko speaks about freedom of opinion and expression in Ukraine during meeting with The UN Special Rapporteur

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01.04.2007

Konnov & Sozanovsky represented interests of «Point Com» LLC in the commercial courts of Ukraine in the law suit on protection of copyrights and related rights to ring tones and real tones

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01.02.2007

Speech at seminar «Mass-media and judicial authority»

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11.11.2006

The regulation of cable television networks in Ukraine

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01.06.2006

Protection of copyright for music compositions in the form of ringtone

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