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Practice Area Overview
Media Law governs the practice of activities in which a media takes part, meaning any process that enables communication and the broadcast of contents.
As many media methods and materials are available, the scope of Media Law is very large. Its content is also very diversified as it includes every legal regulations rules that apply to media.
The field of Media Law involves Copyright Law, Press Law, Right of Privacy, Image Rights, Advertisement Law, Audiovisual Law and Trademarks Law.
Media sector is continually changing and its techniques evolve quickly. The emergence of new delivery modes of flow of information, new supports and consulting tools (smartphones, digital tablets, electronic books…) generates new issues that imply to constantly reconsider our legal and economical systems.
We are faced with the explosion of web’s communication and the legislation slowly and hardly evolves on that matter. As a consequence, the legal professionals have to develop a strong capacity to adapt and anticipate.
Practice of Media Law includes the provision of recommendations and legal advices in order to assure the legal conformity of the clients’ projects (particularly in the fields of edition, press, copyrights and advertisement). Similarly, drafting and negotiating contracts concerning the role and behavior of media’s actors is a huge part of media lawyers’ activity.
Furthermore, Media law can’t be apprehended without the growing area of new technology any more. As a consequence, media law actors developed new skills in digital creation (websites, social networks, instant messaging, online video platforms..) and risk management operations due to these new medias.
Finally, the management of any litigation related to Press Law, Advertisement Law and Publishing Law is a necessary field of work for media lawyers, as well as management and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
Le droit des médias régit l'exercice des activités dans lesquelles interviennent des médias, soit tout procédé permettant la communication et la diffusion de contenus.
Son champ d’application est aussi vaste qu’il existe de techniques et supports médiatiques et son contenu très varié en ce qu’il recouvre tout régime juridique dont les règles trouveraient à s’appliquer en présence d’un média.
A titre non exhaustif, la maîtrise du droit des médias implique notamment de connaître les dispositions régissant le droit d’auteur, le droit de la presse, le droit à la vie privée, le droit à l’image, le droit de la publicité, le droit de l’audiovisuel, le droit des marques.
Le secteur des médias est en perpétuelle mutation et ses techniques évoluent très rapidement. L’émergence de nouveaux modes de distribution des flux d’information, de nouveaux supports et outils de consultation (smartphones, tablettes, livres électroniques, …) crée sans cesse de nouveaux enjeux et impose de repenser constamment nos modèles juridiques et économiques.
Face à l’explosion de la communication sur le web, la législation évolue lentement et difficilement laissant ainsi se creuser des zones d’incertitudes juridiques qui ont imposé aux professionnels de ce secteur de développer une forte capacité d’adaptation et d’anticipation.
La pratique du droit des médias inclut ainsi la formulation de conseils et d’avis juridiques de manière à assurer la conformité de projets aux réglementations applicables (en matière d’édition, de presse, de droits d’auteur et de publicité notamment). De même, la rédaction et la négociation de contrats régissant et coordonnant les comportements des acteurs de ce secteur composent une part importante de l’activité des professionnels.
En outre, le droit des médias ne peut plus être appréhendé indépendamment de l’expansion des nouvelles technologies. Les acteurs du droit des médias ont donc développé des compétences en matière de création numérique (sites internet, réseaux sociaux, messageries, plateformes de vidéo en ligne…) et de gestion des risques d’exploitation liés à ces nouveaux médias.
Enfin, la gestion de tout contentieux relatif au droit de la presse, de la publicité et de l’édition ainsi que la gestion et l’exploitation des droits de propriété intellectuelle, sont des domaines d’expertise indispensables à la pratique du droit des médias.
Georgie Courtois focuses on all aspects of NTIC (computer law, internet-related matters, data protection, cryptology…), intellectual property (copyright, trademark and domain name infringement) and commercial law. He represents clients in complex litigation before civil, commercial and criminal courts and before supervisory authorities. He also assists clients with consultation, contractual drafting and negotiation. Georgie is passionate about technology. This special understanding of ...
Louis de Gaulle is involved in matters requiring diverse and extensive legal experience both in litigation and transactions. He regularly appears before civil, administrative and arbitration courts. Louis de Gaulle’s legal strategy acumen and innovative capacity in the management of cases is praised by his clients. He specialises in intellectual property, new technologies, commercial law and public law.He is a certified specialist in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law at the Paris...
Partner of BG2V since 2023 – Member of the Paris Bar since 2000 Experience : BG2V, Hoyng Rokh Monégier, Cotty Vivant, Linklaters. Education : DESS in the law of obligations from the University René Descartes Paris V Practice areas : Marie advises and litigates on intellectual property law. In particular, she advises French and international clients on copyright, trademarks, designs and models. She advises companies on their mergers and acquisitions and all operations r...
A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holder of a 3rd Cycle in Intellectual Property from the University of Paris II, Julien Grosslerner began his career at TF1 where he held the position of Legal Manager of the Entertainment division until 2007. Subsequently, he will hold the position of Deputy Director of Lansing at SACEM, then Deputy General Counsel of Banijay, Stéphane Courbit’s audiovisual production group. He then joined the American group NBCUniversal to take over the Legal ...
Julien Horn focuses on information technology and intellectual property litigation. He also handles transactional and contractual work on IP and IT assets. Julien Horn’s litigation practice is prominent in the field of software litigation, patent litigation, and trademark litigation. He has also acquired significant expertise in the planning and monitoring of innovative mass litigation campaigns for IT and software companies. He regularly publishes articles on IP and IT issues in the le...
Philippe Moncorps, Partner since 2017, supports our practice in the media and new technologies sectors. An expert in audiovisual transformations (content production and protection, advertising models and brand content challenges, etc.), he has expanded his practice to other sectors that are also facing accelerated digitization issues. He provides his services as an advisor and in litigation, on cases involving intellectual property law, media law, audiovisual and film production law and regul...
Founding partner of ATURQUOISE Law Firm, Anne-Marie Pecoraro joined UGGC Avocats in 2020. She is an intellectual property, new technologies and entertainment law expert, specializing in advertising, literary and artistic property and trademark law. She is also known for her legal knowledge in designs and unfair competition (at a national and international scale). She has built an expertise in service contracts preparation and negotiation and regularly assists her clients during litigation cas...
Charles-Edouard Renault specializes in media, audiovisual and entertainment law, as both advisor and litigator and is thus continually at the forefront of new developments linked to content and technology in the production sector (website content, film restoration and digitalization, VOD and SVOD etc.), film finance and M&A operation in the entertainment sector as well as in communication crisis (corporate or professional e-reputation protection, follow-up of online audio and video playba...
Frédéric Sardain leads the IP, Tech & Data practice. His team’s activity covers transactional IP/IT, complex digital projects, strategic litigation as well as data compliance and cybersecurity. He is the author, with Pr. Philippe Gaudrat, of the “Traité de droit civil du numérique” published in 2015 by Larcier (2 volumes), a subject he taught for ten years at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). He regularly acts as a paneli...
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