Klaris Law PLLC

Klaris is a boutique law firm, focusing on media, entertainment, theater & live events, technology & data, advertising & promotion, as well as trademark prosecution, enforcement, and policing. The firm has strong transactional and business affairs, litigation, and content-clearance groups.

Klaris was founded in 2015 and, like no other firm in a generation, has catapulted into the upper echelon of advisors in the creative and intellectual property sectors. By dint of its passion for its clients’ interests, its attention to detail, its responsiveness, and its commitment to remaining affordable, the firm has disrupted the legal establishment. The Klaris firm culture is particularly strong. The team starts its day with a group “huddle” when they share questions, best practices, suggestions, and personal stories. Klaris is made up of diplomatic and yet determined lawyers, who hail from all over the world (Switzerland, Korea, France, England, India, Israel). Some of them were news reporters, others musicians, and still others were actors, in publishing and the arts before they chose law. Klaris is a firm where being a great lawyer is the common goal and where everyone is thankful for having clients they believe in and are inspired by.

Main Areas of Practice 

Media & Entertainment Transactions: 

Production counsel: Audio, audio-visual, and publishing deals including underlying rights deals; licensing and sale of content projects; development and finance; production services (including writer, director, producer, and actor agreements; host agreements; independent contractor agreements; production services agreements; co-production agreements; network agreements; distribution agreements; and first look/slate deals.)

Content Monetization: Advertising/promotions deals; ad tech; right of publicity; privacy policies; contests/sweepstakes; brand integration and custom content programs; marketing services agreements for social media programming; events, and other activations; sponsorship agreements; editorial content procurement; media brand and content licensing.

Additional Practice Areas 

Theater & Live Events: Optioning and acquiring underlying and production rights; commissioning new work; developing and enhancing new and revival properties; initial and subsequent production of theatrical properties; drafting and reviewing production finance offering documents and providing counsel on related state and federal regulatory obligations; protecting and enhancing related rights; production maintenance and rollout strategy.

Technology and Data: Web 3.0, machine learning, blockchain, virtual reality and general commercial tech contracts.

Litigation: Subpoenas, access, FOIA, news gathering, libel, privacy, copyright, trademark, advertising, general commercial.

Content Review & Clearance: Libel and privacy vetting; news gathering counsel; third party material licensing and fair use; personal and location releases; insurance support including clearance letters.

Copyright and Trademark:Global portfolio management; registrations; title and logo clearance; PTO actions; litigations; terminations; due diligence; anti-piracy/counterfeiting; blockchain registries.