Question 1

Business

Accepted Answer

We give our clients the kind of dedicated legal support you would expect from in-house counsel — without the need for a full-time hire. Whether drafting employment agreements, navigating IP licensing, or guiding the sale or expansion of a business, we become a strategic member of the team.

Work examples:

Guided client through successful business sale, managing all legal aspects of the transaction, including sale of assets, commercial lease negotiations, employment matters, and IP transfers.

Helped innovative startups lay a strong legal foundation with guidance through the incorporation process, shareholder agreements, corporate structuring, and drafting foundational agreements.

Assisted high-end fashion retailer in opening a new store within a luxury hotel. Drafted agreements in collaboration with client to shape the deal, ensuring a quick turnaround while aligning with the company's strategic goals.

Question 2

Music

Accepted Answer

We empower and protect music professionals: artists, record labels, publishers, managers, bands, producers, composers, and more. We help our clients with a wide variety of music industry contracts, copyright matters, licensing agreements, and business structuring issues to support success in the music industry.

Work examples:

Act as "in-house" counsel to both new and established record labels and publishing companies, providing tailored support that helps drive growth.

Represented many artists, producers, songwriters, composers, and performers in deals with both indie and major labels, publishers, and distributors. Handled recording, publishing, and distribution agreements, ensuring fair terms and protecting clients’ creative and financial interests.

Represented clients on both sides of contract disputes and terminations. Worked to secure equitable outcomes, whether by renegotiating terms, facilitating contract terminations, or resolving disputes through settlement.

Question 3

Trademarks

Accepted Answer

We help founders, artists, and brands secure trademark protection that supports real-world growth. From search and clearance to filing strategy and Office Action representation, we guide clients through the trademark process.

Work examples:

Successfully overcame USPTO descriptiveness refusal for a online brand - a difficult and uncommon outcome. Developed a comprehensive response strategy combining legal argument, evidentiary support, and customer perception data to demonstrate distinctiveness and secure protection for the brand.

Conducted search and clearance analysis for a band, identifying and mitigating potential conflicts before filing. Structured and filed the application to align with the band’s goals, resulting in approval without any Office Actions.

Question 4

Technology

Accepted Answer

We provide legal support to clients focused on developing and licensing cutting-edge technologies. From market entry and strategic partnerships to IP protection and compliance, we help tech companies grow.

Work examples:

Assisted tech-sector client bring product to market, including drafting and negotiating agreements with distributors to maximize market reach and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Drafted and negotiated multi-million-dollar service agreements on behalf of tech client, ensuring operational scalability and aligning with long-term growth objectives.

Structured joint venture with tech client's international partner and developed IP licensing framework.

Advised tech client on patent licensing agreement with Ivy League university and drafted various agreements addressing IP ownership, executive employment, and more.

Question 5

Arts, Entertainment, and Design

Accepted Answer

We help marketing and design companies, photographers, influencers, artists, and other creatives with licensing opportunities, copyright protection, service agreements, and more.

Work examples:

Negotiated merchandise deals on behalf of clients, ensuring clear usage rights and favourable terms for influencers, artists, and character-based brands.

Represented marketing and design clients in high-profile deals, advised on internal employment matters, and established foundational contracts to protect intellectual property.

Advised digital and print publications on advertising matters, including drafting advertising agreements that align with business goals.

Question 6

Film & Audiovisual

Accepted Answer

We represent producers, directors, composers, performers, cinematographers, and more. Services include production agreements, music and clip licensing, and agreements for cast, crew, and other creative contributors.

Work examples:

Represented producers working on films, documentaries, commercial ads, and music videos, including negotiating licensing and service agreements, drafting contracts for cast and crew, and advising on insurance matters.

Represented composer clients in film, documentaries, and video games. Negotiated unique, performance-based royalty structures and secured favourable grants of rights.

Question 7

And Many More...

Accepted Answer

We work with businesses and artists across a wide-range of industries. Even if your work doesn’t fit the industries listed here  (and even if you don’t consider yourself “creative”), feel free to reach out at hello@outputlaw.com.

OUTPUT LAW

Clients & Industries

Business

Music

Trademarks

Technology

Arts, Entertainment, and Design

Film & Audiovisual

And Many More...