Entertainment

JT&N’s entertainment law practice is one of the most distinctive and substantial in China. Our clients include the top movie, television, music production and theater companies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and many foreign countries. The firm’s entertainment law attorneys act as legal counsel to over 20 top PRC and foreign entertainment companies, and as special legal consultants to over 40 well-known movies, television series and artists.

JT&N’s attorneys have special expertise when it comes to providing legal services (i.e. drafting contracts, negotiation and mediation, litigation or arbitration) to the entertainment industry and have long-term experience in the following areas:
  • Film and TV: covering issues of option agreements, finance, investment, chain of title and talent agreements (including scriptwriters, directors, actors, composers, and production designers), PRC domestic production and international joint production issues, post production issues, distribution and broadcasting licensing issues, agency issues and general intellectual property matters relating to trademarks, copyright and related rights.
  • Music: covering talent agreements, producer agreements, co-production agreements, synchronization rights, international cooperation and exchange projects, concert-related matters, music agency issues and general intellectual property matters with regard to copyrights.
  • Theater/Drama: covering rental agreements, co-production agreements and performance oriented legal issues as well as general intellectual property matters with regard to copyrights.
  • Multimedia: covering software licensing issues, information and network communication, video game production and other copyright related issues
  • Publishing: print media issues, advertising, contracts with models, author agreements and other copyright-related issues.
  • Visual Arts and Design: covering fine arts, issues regarding consignment of artwork to art dealers, rights of sculptors regarding works in public places, industrial design, and issues related to the protection of graphic copyrights and trademarks.

JT&N is committed to staying up-to-date on all the latest rules and regulations of SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, PRC) and the MOC (Ministry of Culture, PRC), as well as issues regarding employment law, labor law, securities law and security interests, insurance law, tax law and issues of defamation and privacy rights.