M.S. Bodhanwalla & Co. offers assistance to both domestic and international clients on India’s comprehensive entertainment, media and advertising laws and also provide advisory services on issues relating to gaming & sports.

Our lawyers have a strong background of representing clients in issues pertaining to telecast rights, intellectual property disputes, antitrust and pricing issues amongst others. Our services are listed as follow:

• Pre-broadcast Counselling
• Talent Contracts
• Artist Contracts
• Influencers Contracts
• Director Contracts
• Lead Artist Contracts
• Music Director Contracts
• Writer Contracts
• Agency Contracts
• Distribution Contracts
• Syndication Contracts
• Distribution, broadcast, syndication rights and deals;
• Television format rights and script options and purchases;
• Piracy & Fair Use
• Acquisition of pre-existing copyright works, like books, films, plays and others
• Format adaptations and format licensing
• Multi-media, digital and new technology services;
• Intellectual Property issues including acquisition and management, digital rights management, copyright and designs law, moral rights, passing off
• Strategic alliances and partnerships, acquisitions and related agreements;
• Advising OTT streaming platforms with respect to statutory and regulatory compliance, intellectual property acquisition, content vetting from the creative/scripting stage until greenlighting of project
• Advising OTT platforms as regards structuring content distribution and licensing deals