Entertainment

Pietz & Shahriari handles lawsuits involving inaccurate accounting and payment of royalties, as well as the alleged theft of ideas for TV shows, motion pictures, videogames, apps, songs, and other entertainment content.

Mr. Pietz has won multiple private arbitrations involving claims that parties were not properly paid all that they were owed for royalties and “back end” profit participation for videogames, movies, and the like. The firm works with a top-tier team of experts to achieve outstanding results for its clients.

Clients have included videogame developers, videogame publishers, production companies, and creative professionals such as writers and producers.

Our attorneys serve clients in all types of entertainment law cases. We use intelligence and innovative strategies to help clients win.

Skilled litigators representing a wide range of California clients, with a long history of success.

Warner Chappell, Martinelli and the Discovery Rule in Copyright Cases; the Supreme Court Declines to Pour Out “Bad Wine of Recent Vintage,” For Now

By Morgan E. Pietz and Matthew A. Trejo† The statute of limitations for copyright infringement is three years. 17 U.S.C. § 507.[1] […]

Pietz & Shahriari, LLP Seeks Justice for Victims of Little Tokyo Art Complex Fire

Partner Cyrus E. Shahriari is lead counsel in a civil lawsuit recently filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of […]

Pietz & Shahriari Obtain Dismissal of Copyright Claim in Fabric Case

Infringement cases brought by companies that purport to own copyrights in fabric designs have proliferated over the past ten years. In the […]

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