Media Law

Although Media and Entertainment Law is a part of Intellectual Property Law, it should be scrutinized under a separate heading owing to the fact that it is one of the most important fields of activities of SOMS LEGAL Law Office.

SOMS LEGAL Law Office has been rendering services to the industry leading advertising and production companies in the field of media and entertainment for years, thus has a wide knowledge and experience in this field. Legal services as to the preparation, examination and finalization of media purchasing agreements, research on right ownership in respect of copyrights, scrutinizing of complaints as to the violations of broadcast principles and legislation in line with legislation and practices, the preparation of agreements to be entered into with the players, scriptwriters, directors, musicians, participants, shooting and production team members in relation to advertisements, cinematographic works and television programs as well as the letters of intent and contracts to be signed with the format owners and broadcaster institutions, the provision of information to the format owners as regards the legislation applied in Turkey, the attainment of the copyrights from the holders of works and related rights in line with legislation, the preparation, examination and finalization of agreements on the sales and distribution of productions outside Turkey and licensing/distribution of rights; the preparation, examination and finalization of sponsorship agreements and utilization/lease contracts related to the shooting areas, making and follow-up of the registrations and notifications related to the protection and use of intellectual property rights; scrutinizing the allegations of breach and the settlement of disputes through amicable or legal means and the follow-up of all and any kind of legal actions and lawsuits in this field are among the services rendered by the team of SOMS LEGAL Law Office within this scope.