Sports and Entertainment

When managing, acquiring or developing businesses within the fields of sports, event or entertainment, legal counselling is often necessary. Due to the particular nature of these business fields it is of vital importance that the counsellors have sufficient knowledge of the clients’ business.

Entertainment law is an umbrella term used to describe the legal issues encountered in the world of entertainment. The entertainment industry includes for instance the fields of film, literary publishing, television broadcasting, music and fine art. The common mission that these fields share is to profit from creative works provided by artists. The entertainment industry's primary product is therefore intellectual property, protected by mainly copyrights, design patents and trademarks.

Since artists generally do not have the means to manufacture, market or distribute their goods or services, agreements are negotiated between the artists and companies with such means. The agreement often binds the artist to produce for one company for a certain period of time.

Sports law cover all kinds of legal issues within the fields of both amateur and professional sports. Sports law therefore overlaps with for instance contract law, labor law and antitrust law. Sponsoring agreements is one of the main legal instruments within sports law, as well as player and transfer contracts.

The associates at Advokatbyrån Gulliksson help clients with all sorts of legal issues within the areas of sport, event and entertainment law. The emphasis that Advokatbyrån Gulliksson has always put on intellectual property rights issues as well as our extensive experience and knowledge of the entertainment and event industry make us your perfect partner within these fields of law.