Multimedia and New Technology

Frankel Lawyers have a significant practice advising many clients in the fields of multi-media, new technology including, Web businesses and Apps, Games, mobile content creation and software development.

We have been retained to provide specialist advice on almost every aspect of today's information technology industries: from development through to production and distribution.

For web, mobile and games designers and software developers in particular, the firm's widely recognised expertise in the film, television and music industries offers a substantial advantage when meeting the surging demand for digital and digitised content.

For multi-media and new technology industries we offer a range of expertise and services established during many years' intellectual property practice, such as:

• rights acquisition
• rights clearance
• complex negotiations with computer software developers and computer hardware suppliers
• Merchandising and ancillary rights protection and exploitation
• Licensing
• Distribution and sales
• Open Standards development and licensing
• Creative Commons and Free For Education licensing
• R & D Investor financing and Tax Incentives

Partner Raena Lea-Shannon was on the 2010 AIMIA NSW Committee and is a member of NSW Society for Computers and the Law has spoken on-invitation to AIMIA on aspects of regulation and multimedia and advises IGEA Interactive Games and Entertainment Association of Australia.