The Law Office of Dan Lee Rogers | Interactive Entertainment and Business Law

Legal counsel for digitally creative people

Practice

We provide legal advice and business guidance to those transacting business in the digital world. Our clients are interactive entertainment companies, software developers, publishers and licensors, social media entrepreneurs and next-gen advertising companies. Here’s a look at some of our recent work:

Contract negotiations We review and negotiate multifaceted software agreements, ensuring our clients are given the greatest opportunity to perform, insisting that critical milestones, payments, and approvals are clearly defined and enforceable. We’ve helped clients enter relationships with many of the world’s most successful publishers and technology companies, including Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Activision, Namco, Atari, Vivendi, Sony, Ogilvy Public Relations, Travel Ad Network , Federated Media, and others.
Licensing We’ve secured licensing rights for our clients with third-party software utility and engine publishers, toy manufacturers and rights holders, feature film companies, book publishers, author estates, sports entities and personalities, and children’s television show creators. We’ve also helped licensors understand and adapt to the digital market and the challenges of publishing on next-gen platforms like the Xbox 360, PlayStation III, iPad and iPhone, PCs, cloud services like Steam and Gakai, and social media sites, including Facebook and MySpace.
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and confidentiality are valuable and legally protectable properties and rights. We’ve enforced our clients’ intellectual property rights in a variety of situations, from preventing unauthorized Internet product sales to clarifying and renegotiating favorable work-for-hire agreements in situations where the intellectual property rights were unclear.
Start-ups You need sound legal advice before launching into a business that relies on or leverages electronically delivered content. We’ve consulted companies contemplating the leap into the digital world, advising them on corporate structure, partnership agreements, and software creation and protection practices, helping them assess the competitive issues and legal difficulties that may arise.
Publisher Relationships Leveraging valuable contacts with senior executives at many of the world’s most powerful software and media publishing companies, we’ve helped our clients through difficult business and legal issues, relying on mutual respect and our reputation for honesty and integrity.

Privacy compliance Data privacy and compliance involves complex and sometimes confusing state and federal laws, so navigating between them can be challenging. We’re here to help you though the maze of regulations and statutory requirements required whenever your company stores sensitive or personal user data. We’ll provide you with clear guidance to help mitigate your privacy risks, based on the latest regulations and legal decisions.
Royalty Review and Compliance At the heart of a software development or publishing agreement is the promise of future royalties and payments. We’ve helped our clients review royalty statements and contacted publishers and licensors on their behalf to ensure prompt and full payment.
Terms of Use and EULAs We help social media clients create flexible, powerful user agreements compliant with the latest legal decisions and regulations, including the Digital Millennium Act and other legal requirements.
Contract Disputes Numerous clients have relied on us to advise them on the contractual terms of their software development agreements. We’ve helped them resolve sensitive legal and business issues, including breach of contract claims, non-compete modifications, intellectual property ownership claims, and contradictory derivative right definitions.
Internet Advertising Agreements Social media has revolutionized advertising, and we’ve helped clients launch on-line magazines and other innovative content to take advantage of this new market. We’ve helped them create legally defensible software developer and contractor agreements, reviewed advertising contracts, and negotiated revenue share agreements with recognized advertising aggregators.
Talent Agreements We’ve negotiated voice and contribution agreements with nationally recognized sports stars, and finalized sound, voice, and image agreements with top Hollywood actors, musicians, and film studios, including Disney, Warner Bros., Lakeshore Entertainment, CAA, United Talent, and William Morris/Endeavor.