Copyright and Publishing Law

formulate and enforce rules in order to reproduce and distribute an individual creation,

protect the copyrighted works and the owner of the copyright

make available the economic fruit of the intellectual activity to the creator.

According to the legal interpretation of § 1 of the German Copyright Act, not the work as such is in the foreground, but the person of the author.

This defines our task as practicing lawyers in copyright and publishing law:

If you own a copyright, e.g. as artist, musician, writer or translator, we can advise you extra-judicially and/or represent you in court. We help you to protect and enforce your rights against third parties. This may involve an unauthorized use of your work, or an unlawful interference with your work, or a violation of your copyright moral rights.
If you are the owner of a copyright license, e.g. a publishing house, we advise and assist you in negotiating contracts with licensors and other licensees in the rights management chain, in negotiating contracts with authors and protecting you against unlawful third-party intervention, also including plagiarism cases.