Entertainment Law
Entertainment law is a vastly encompassing area of law including such things as advertising, media, music, film, television, and digital content. With how fast technology and media changes in the 21st century, entertainment law is constantly forced to adapt.
The lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC has experience and knowledge in the realm of entertainment law and the flexibility to adapt to the latest legal advancements. Robert Good Lohman III can help you sort out problems, avoid costly litigation, and offer feasible legal solutions.
His entertainment law knowledge covers:
Intellectual Property Law
Music Licensing
Creative Property
Contract Law
Record Deals
Record Label Management
Music Royalties
Internet Royalties
Art Royalties
Film Royalties
Television Royalties
Athletic Royalties
Athletic Compliance
Production Issues
Trade Issues
The entertainment lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC will pursue all available legal options to obtain a positive result for you. Robert Good Lohman III is widely regarded as a knowledgeable entertainment Law firm with experience in litigating a diverse range of issues. Check out more on each subspecialty below.
Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual property law is an area of entertainment law that deserves its own domain. IP law has always been integral to protecting the intellectual and creative ingenuity of individuals. Today, with the ease of online communication, IP law has become ever more important. Your creative assets can easily be manipulated and distributed all over the world with the click of a button.
The intellectual property lawyer is knowledgeable on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. He can help set up and monitor your intellectual property holdings. He also utilizes cutting-edge technology and offer his clients intellectual property law solutions for real-time trademark & patent docket management. The intellectual property law attorney would also assist you in disputes arising from privacy rights, antitrust, internet, publicity, and e-commerce issues.
Lohman Law Group, LLC, based in Des Plaines, IL, has provided intellectual property legal advice throughout Chicagoland for years. At Lohman Law Group, LLC, his focus on leveraging the intellectual property of our clients to help them maximize the value and security of their assets.
Music Licensing
Creatives in the music industry know how important music licensing is. They also know the legal complications that can arise, especially when dealing with licensing and protecting your hard work or ensuring you have the legal rights to use a piece of music. Our music licensing attorney understands the nitty-gritty of music deals and can draft any kind of licensing agreement so that you can secure the best deal possible.
Strategically located in Des Plaines, Illinois, Lohman Law Group, LLC, is well connected to businesses and people that matter the most, especially when it comes to music licensing. Besides working with artists and songwriters, the music licensing attorney at Lohman Law Group, LLC also work with TV & film production companies, websites, and mobile applications. He helps the clients understand the legal rights and framework involved in their music licensing transactions. He is exceptional at crafting licenses that are artist-friendly and can also protect your business concerns.
Creative Property
Creative property comes in many forms: music, film, animation, text, and drawing or design. Robert Good Lohman III caters to the legal needs of many eminent musicians, filmmakers, visual artists, and designers and offer advice on matters related to their creative property. The creative property lawyer has seasoned experience in negotiating and drafting distribution agreements and talent contracts, handling complex financing arrangements, and handling matters related to clearance of projects.
At Lohman Law Group, LLC, our entertainment law attorney has handled a wide spectrum of matters in the domain of creative property. For years, our creative property attorney has implemented strategies to help clients secure their creative property rights throughout the country.
Contract Law
When your creative work catches the attention of other individuals, they may like to contract you out for a performance, to use your creation, or to replicate or create derivative works based on your production. These contracts might be small, while others may be very lucrative. In either case, ensuring your contract is set up properly is key to protecting your creative works.
Lohman Law Group, LLC is experienced with drafting and reviewing recordings, tours, and other performance agreements. During these endorsement deals, our lawyer will use watchful eyes to ensure that your artistic and financial interests will remain protected. His services also cover areas related to musician contracts, copyright licenses, management agreements, band and songwriter agreements, digital recording issues, distribution, and publishing contracts and so on.
Record Deal Negotiation & Management
Record deals are a major milestone for up and coming musicians. The last thing you, as an artist, want to worry about are legal complications. The record deal attorney at Lohman Law Group, LLC have helped a pool of talented artists secure their major deal. Plus, the knowledge and experience of the Lohman Law Group, LLC gives him access to local experts as well as a large network across the country.
When legal complications do arise, our record deal lawyer will help you maneuver any litigation and get the deal you deserve. The Lohman Law Group, LLC will help you through any step of the record deal process.
Record Label Management
Once that major record deal is signed, the work is not done. Record deal management is equally important to the original contract. Proper management can be the difference between another major deal and retirement. Too often, record label management is handled improperly. These can lead IP issues, compensation disputes, merchandising, production, distribution, touring, and other breaches of contract.
Ensuring your record label is managed will give you the peace of mind to allow you to create freely. Robert Good Lohman III is an entertainment Law attorney that will make sure you avoid these horror stories once and for all. The entertainment law attorney would oversee the legality of record label contracts and all related transactions between our clients and those who pay them.
Music Royalties
When your music starts to reach a larger and larger audience, you want to start seeing the cash flow. The music royalties, after all, are one of the largest components of a musician’s income. Disputes surrounding music royalties can lead to massive headaches and ultimately distract from the quality of your work.
The entertainment lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC will effortlessly deal with any kind of music royalties including mechanical royalties, public performance royalties, print music income, synchronization fees, licensing royalties or digital music royalties. The attorney would evaluate music royalty statements you are offered to ensure that you are getting a fair deal. The entertainment law attorney would fight for you if you ever become a victim of accounting violations or thefts related to music royalties.
Internet Royalties
Other creators earn much of their income from royalties as well including internet royalties. Internet royalties include any sort of payment made to access a creative product. Sites such as Netflix, HBO, and YouTube earn money this way. Many small creators have subscription services as well. In recent years podcasters and bloggers have discovered ways to monetize their platforms.
The entertainment lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC can help you secure and protect your internet-based royalties regardless of your creative endeavor. He can assist you in breach of internet royalties related to publicity, infringement, or licensing of your original work.
Art Royalties
Art royalties generally come as a percentage of sales of your piece of art. This may include paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, antique furniture, and ceremonial objects. These may also apply to distributors of the art form such as a gallery, museum, or private sellers.
The entertainment lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC can litigate and negotiate matters concerning art royalties related to individual artists, galleries, museums, and auction houses. He provides all kinds of dispute resolution solutions when it comes to art royalties.
Film Royalties
Film royalties is the percentage of sale income allotted to the producers and owners of films. The lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC can help structure and dispute any film royalty issues. He can draft contract memos, advocate for you, and represent you in any litigation related to film royalties.
Television Royalties
Television royalties are similar to other royalties, especially film royalties. A percentage of the income derived from the television show or movie is distributed to the owners, producers, and others involved in the television process. The construction and execution of these contracts can be complicated.
The entertainment lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC provides a full range of counsel to help you with any television royalty disputes. His experience provides ample legal counsel and representation to you in any litigation related to television royalties. He also helps individuals and businesses with audits and financial evaluations of television royalties.
Professional Athlete Royalties
Athletics is not often considered to be a form of entertainment; it is commonly thought to constitute its own domain. However, when it comes to legal issues, athletics is handled similarly to any other entertainment. Royalties in athletics covers the individual professional athletes, sports ownership groups, event organizers, sports agents, competitive leagues, and government entities. Each might have a stake in the profits.
The comprehensive legal team at Lohman Law Group, LLC helps athletes at any level of the game as well as other individuals or organizations involved. Robert Good Lohman III is well-equipped to advise clients so that they can assert their legal rights and protect their hard work when it comes to athletic royalties.
Athletic Compliance
Athletic compliance deals with the compliance of regulations set by contracts, teams, or larger organizations. The NCAA is a popular example of this. The NCAA provides regulations as do each individual school as to how business is to be conducted.
Over the years Robert Good Lohman III has represented individuals, franchisees, leagues, associations, and institutions in complex athletic compliance litigations. He ensures his clients receive sophisticated and effective counsel on issues including athletic media and broadcast compliance, licensing & sponsorship compliance, employment hiring and separation, sale & purchase of professional teams, anti-corruption compliance, tax compliance and privacy compliance.
Production Issues
Robert Good Lohman understands that with the advent of the internet, technology and software have revolutionized how we produce entertainment. There are constantly newer and newer forms of media that entertainment law encompasses.
The lawyer at Lohman Law Group, LLC help evaluate, strategize, and negotiate production issues on behalf of our clients, while keeping their best interests in mind. For those looking to resolve production issues efficiently, Robert Good Lohman III can provide the much-needed legal guidance.
Trade Issues
One of the best parts about being a creator is the ability to trade your product or service within the industry. However, contrasting interests and agendas of the numerous parties involved can lead to trade complications.
Robert Good Lohman III, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, is known for his experience and knowledge in the realm of entertainment trade issues. He follows comprehensive, vertically integrated, and comprehensive entertainment law practices that enable him to represent our clients successfully in the most complex trade cases.
He has represented clients in diverse trade issues related to music, motion pictures, digital media, theatre, broadcasting, and publishing. He also offers quality advice to our clients to minimize risks, enforce rights and protect intellectual property.
Contact Lohman Law Group, LLC
With entertainment law, the first step is always reaching out for help. Robert Good Lohman III and Lohman Law Group, LLC are proud to offer legal assistance with entertainment matters to residents of Illinois.