Copyright, and related IP rights, such as entertainment law, have become a branch of law under constant review. At Ascend Legal we have a team of experts with a high degree of specialisation in this field of intellectual property, providing our clients with comprehensive legal advice, offering them optimum solutions to protect different types of works and services, such as literary, dramatic, musical, audio-visual, computer programs, apps, video games, industrial design, etc.

As intellectual property experts, our services include, the following:

• Preventive advice: preparation of reports and legal opinions on the system of copyright and related rights.
• Development of protection strategies for musical works, audio-visual works, photographic works, etc.
• Rights of software and database manufacturers.
• Register of intellectual creations.
• Protection against violation of exploitation rights: reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation.
• Protection of the author’s moral rights (disclosure, paternity, respect for integrity).
• Drafting and negotiating contracts for the assignment or exploitation of intellectual property rights.
• Representation and negotiation before the Management Entities: SGAE, AIE, VEGAP, CEDRO, DAMA, AISGE, AGEDI and EGEDA.
• Advice on procedures before Management Bodies: SGAE, AIE, VEGAP, CEDRO, DAMA, AISGE, AGEDI and EGEDA.
• Legal representation before courts or arbitration bodies
• Negotiation and drafting of contracts for the assignment and licensing of exploitation rights.

Our team of professional experts have extensive experience in matters related to the protection and defence of intangibles, both in the initial stages when processing entries in the corresponding official registers, and later when problems arise from infringements of the registered rights.

In addition, our consultants are experts in the fields of communication, technology and internet, data protection, compliance, which places us at the forefront of the digital and new technologies world. We have a flexible structure that allows us to offer a comprehensive service and adapt to the needs, requirements and desires of each of our clients, providing them with quality, agile and decisive responses.