When it's time to tap into the power of branded merchandise to get a leg up on the competition, unleash your sales potential and grow your company, then it's time to follow the lead set by industry giants NBCU's Universal Partnerships, Licensing & Digital and DreamWorks Animation Consumer Products Group and trust the Law Offices of Sayson & Associates to draft and negotiate your consumer products license agreements.

Our services in the consumer products licensing arena include drafting and negotiating the following wide spectrum of contracts:

Rights Acquisition
Assignment Agreements
Quitclaim Agreements
Rights Acquisition Agreements

Artist Employment
Agent Representation Agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Independent Contractor Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements

License Agreements
Artwork Tie-In Agreements
Corporate Sponsorship Agreements
Intellectual Property License Agreements
Merchandising License Agreements
Premium Promotion License Agreements
Promotion License Agreements
Publishing License Agreements

What is "Evolving New Media"?  Wikipedia tells us that, "New media is not television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or paper-based publications."  Therefore, if your ambition is to blur or break down traditional media boundaries while educating and entertaining, communicating with others or expressing yourself using emerging, interactive, digital technology across platforms such as browser-based technology, CD-ROMS, download services, DVD-ROMS, e-readers, hand-held systems, the Internet, mobile/smart phones, next gen console gaming systems, PC/MAC, PDAs, server-based systems, websites and wireless devices, then welcome to the vanguard space we like to call "Evolving New Media."  By its own definition, evolving new media is never the same as today's technology, that's why our attorneys keep abreast of developments in new technologies and what those developments mean to the business goals and success of our clients.

Nevertheless, while the delivery system may change, there are still some bedrock legal transactions and contracts we are prepared to draft and negotiate:

Rights Acquisition
Artwork Releases
Character License Agreements
Film Clip License Agreements
Intellectual Property License Agreements
Literary Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Still Photo Releases
Streaming Video License Agreement
Submission Releases

Artist Employment
Artist Employment Agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Consulting Services Agreements
Design Services Agreement
Independent Contractor Agreements
Producer Employment Agreements
Programmer Services Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements
Writer Employment Agreements

Financing, Development, Production, Operations and Distribution
Co-Branding Agreement
Co-Location Agreements
Co-Production Agreements
Distribution Agreements
End-User Software License Agreements
Equipment Loan Agreements
Finder Agreements
Hosting Services Agreements
Joint Venture Agreements
Linking Agreements
Loan Agreement/Promissory Note/Security Agreement
Online Beta User Evaluation Agreements
Open Source Software License Agreements
Pre-Production Agreements
Private Investor Agreements
Production Services Agreements
Service Level Agreements
Software Developer Toolkit License Agreements
Software Development Agreements
Software License Agreement
Software Test and Evaluation Agreements
Source Code Escrow Agreement
Strategic Alliance Agreement
Technical Support and Maintenance Agreements
Website Development Agreements

A famous Hollywood studio chief once said "Every single thing you see on screen came out of somebody's creativity.  It doesn't exist.  Nature didn't deliver it to us.  Everything had to be dreamed."  While you handle the dreaming let us take care of the legal side.

We specialize in drafting and negotiating the wide spectrum of contracts that underlie feature film production from conception to production such as:

Rights Acquisition
Artwork Releases
Film Clip License Agreements
Life Story Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Literary Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Quitclaim Agreements
Still Photo Releases
Submission Releases

Artist Employment
Actor Employment Agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Consultant Employment Agreements
Director Employment Agreements
Independent Contractor Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements
Writer Employment Agreements

Music
Music Composer Agreements
Music Supervisor Agreements Personal Services Agreements
Soundtrack Recording Agreements
Synchronization/Performance/Master Use and Mechanical License Agreements

Financing, Production and Distribution
Casting Director Employment Agreements
Co-Production Agreements
Financing and Distribution Agreements
Finder Agreements
Home Video License Agreements
Joint Venture Agreements
Location Agreements
Negative Pickup Distribution Agreements
Private Investor Agreements
Producer Employment Agreements
Production Services Agreements
Special Effects Services Agreements

"It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to."  Jean Luc Godard's famous words reflect the elusive underpinnings of intellectual property:  Ideas and inspiration can come from anywhere, it is the expression or manifestation of those ideas that become property.  If you are a client of the Law Offices of Sayson & Associates we make sure that your intellectual property rights are enforceable and enforced.

Our services include but are not limited to the following:

Assignment of Copyright
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Contract Enforcement
Copyright and Trademark Searches
Copyright Registration
Investigating and Prosecuting Copyright and Trademark Infringement
Legal Research
Legislative History and Analysis
Rights Research
Trademark Registration
Training Seminars

"Video games are bad for you?  That's what they said about rock-n-roll."  Shigeru Miyamoto's words couldn't be more true as video game development has become a fundamental addition to the entertainment industry.  Our law firm specializes in providing counsel to writers, producers, artists, programmers, software developers and publishers of interactive software products for multiple digital platforms - browser-based games, casual games, download services, DVD-ROMS, e-readers, hand-held gaming systems, mobile/smart phones, next gen console gaming systems, PC/MAC, PDAs, server-based gaming systems, social networking games, and wireless devices.

More importantly, your project won't be our first rodeo -- we are experienced attorneys prepared to draft and negotiate the following contracts to ensure that your interests are protected:

Rights Acquisition
Artwork Releases
Character License Agreements
Film Clip License Agreements
Intellectual Property License Agreements
Literary Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Still Photo Releases
Streaming Video License Agreement
Submission Releases

Artist Employment
Artist Employment Agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Consulting Services Agreements
Game Design Services Agreement
Independent Contractor Agreements
Producer Employment Agreements
Programmer Services Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements
Writer Employment Agreements

Financing, Development, Production, Operations and Distribution
Co-Branding Agreement
Co-Location Agreements
Co-Production Agreements
Distribution Agreements
Domain Name Assignment Agreements
Domain Name Purchase Agreements
End-User Software License Agreements
Equipment Loan Agreements
Finder Agreements
Hosting Services Agreements
Interactive Marketing Agreements
Internet Advertising Agreements
Joint Venture Agreements
Linking Agreements
Loan Agreement/Promissory Note/Security Agreement
Online Beta User Evaluation Agreements
Open Source Software License Agreements
Pre-Production Agreements
Private Investor Agreements
Production Services Agreements
Service Level Agreements
Software Developer Toolkit License Agreements
Software Development Agreements
Software License Agreement
Software Test and Evaluation Agreements
Source Code Escrow Agreement
Strategic Alliance Agreement
Technical Support and Maintenance Agreements
Website Development Agreements
Website Privacy Policy
Website Terms of Use Agreements

Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis and Kenny Burrell are some of our favorite jazz guitar icons from the glory days of swing and bebop, while Jimmy Bruno, Howard Alden, Gene Bertoncini, Russell Malone, Anthony Wilson and George Benson are some of our favorite modern day jazz guitar players.  The Law Offices of Sayson & Associates are passionate about jazz guitar players because its founder, Joey Arnel Sayson, loves and plays jazz guitar.  However, and more importantly, we love music!

The Law Offices of Sayson & Associates have a special, dedicated mission to protect the interests of musical artists because its founder, Joey Arnel Sayson, is passionate and dedicated to helping musicians live their dreams and reap the rewards of sharing their musical vision and talents.  We speak your language and understand your passion whether its running the changes over a standard from the great American songbook, calling out a shuffle or slow blues in Bb or playing your part in a woodwind, brass, percussion or string section.

If you're a working musician playing jazz guitar who needs representation to protect your legal interests while you practice your II-V-I's, chord substitutions, comping patterns or soloing over Rhythm Changes; or if you're a working musician or serious artist creating music in any style playing any instrument who needs representation to protect your legal interests, then we're the law firm for you.

Our services include drafting and negotiating the following wide spectrum of contracts:

Artist Employment
Agent Agreements
Independent Contractor Agreements
Live Performance Agreements
Music Composer Agreements
Partnership Agreements
Personal Manager Agreements
Producer Agreements
Recording Artist Agreements
Songwriter Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements

Music Publishing and Administration
Administration Agreements
Co-Publishing Agreements
Income Participation Agreements
Joint Publishing Agreements
Publishing Agreements
Sub-Publishing Agreements

Rights
Master Recording Track License Agreements
Sampling License Agreements
Synchronization/Performance/Master Use and Mechanical License Agreements
Termination Agreements

Recording, Operations and Distribution
Co-Production Agreements
Distribution Agreements
Finder Agreements
Joint Venture Agreements
Music Video Production Agreements
Private Investor Agreements

In 1939, the New York Times reported that "TV will never be a serious competitor for radio because people must sit and keep their eyes glued on a screen; the average American family hasn't time for it."  Times have changed and we have changed with the times.  The business of television is now a multi-faceted industry and we are prepared to handle all of the legal aspects involved with bringing a television show to life.

Our services include drafting and negotiating the following wide spectrum of contracts:

Rights Acquisition
Artwork Releases
Film Clip License Agreements
Life Story Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Literary Rights Option and Purchase Agreements
Quitclaim Agreements
Still Photo Releases
Submission Releases

Artist Employment
Actor Employment Agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Consultant Employment Agreements
Director Employment Agreements
Independent Contractor Agreements
Work For Hire Agreements
Writer Employment Agreements

Music
Music Composer Agreements
Music Supervisor Agreements Personal Services Agreements
Synchronization/Performance/Master Use and Mechanical License Agreements

Financing, Production and Distribution
Casting Director Employment Agreements
Co-Production Agreements
Finder Agreements
Home Video License Agreements
Joint Venture Agreements
Location Agreements
Private Investor Agreements
Producer Employment Agreements
Production Services Agreements
Television Broadcast Distribution License Agreements