► Fashion Law and Industry

Axis represents designers, fashion houses, fabric manufacturers, and numerous others connected to the fashion industry .

Whether it is contract negotiations, entity formation, compliance with California laws and regulations, licensing, copyright/trademark matters, consulting, strategic advice, or production issues, Axis offers entertainers connected to the fashion industry high-quality legal representation spanning multiple legal fields.

► Who We Represent

Axis represents numerous types of clients involved in the fashion industry. Our clients include but are not limited to the following:

Agencies
Buyers
Designers
Manufacturers
Distributors
Licensors

Models
Mother Agencies
Retailers
Designers
Wholesalers
North America partners

► Fashion Law Practice Areas

We represent clients involved with the fashion industry with a variety of legal matters. Whether it involves contract negotiations, entity formation, compliance with laws and regulations, licensing, copyright/trademark matters, consulting, strategic advice, or production issues, Axis offers fashion industry clients high-quality legal representation spanning multiple legal fields.

Fashion Industry Businesses

Axis helps fashion industry professionals form, run, and operate their loanouts and businesses in compliance with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations:

Business entity setup and formation
Legal compliance
C Corporations
S Corporations
LLCs
DBAs

Entertainment loan-out companies
Licensing and Permits
Production vehicles
Investment vehicles
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Tax Issues

Fashion businesses
Fashion contracts
Partnerships and ventures
Celebrity/Influencer ventures

Contracts and Transactions

Axis represents entertainment professionals and businesses in a wide variety of contracts, negotiations, agreements and transactions:

Commission agreements
Commercial deals
Contract negotiations
Confidentiality agreements
Counterfeiting
Endorsement deals
Licensing and License Deals

Distribution agreements
Joint ventures
IP Agreements
Licensing
Merchandising
Model releases
Production deals
Publicity Contracts
Royalties agreements
Residual agreements

Rights of Privacy
Rights of Publicity
Real Property disputes
Suppliers & Distributors
Trademark Infringement
Trade Secrets
Wholesale Transactions
Work-hire agreements

Intellectual Property & Licensing

Axis assists fashion law clients with a wide variety of intellectual property and licensing matters, ranging across copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing, confidentiality, and related matters:

Confidentiality Agreements
Copyrights
Copyright Assignments
Copyright Infringement
Content-Licensing Agreements

Intellectual Property Assignment
Licensing Contracts
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Licensing Contracts
Video Synchronizations
Film Clip Licensing

Trademarks
Trademark Disputes
Trademark Infringement
Trademark Registrations

Disputes

Axis represents clients matters in a wide range of disputes, lawsuits, and litigation, ranging multiple practice areas:

Participation/residual accounting
Accounting disputes
Intellectual property disputes
Contract disputes
Infringement

Breaches of contract
Film investment fraud
TV/Film financial mismanagement
Non-disclosure agreement breaches

Unfair competition
Invasions of privacy
Non-payment of debts or money for services rendered

Entertainment FAQs

Our FAQs answer the most common issues faced by entertainment clients.

We have an extensive FAQ Library that covers the most common questions we get from entertainment clients, as well as FAQs on recent changes in law.

►Visit our Entire FAQ Library

Our Recent Projects

Have we counseled clients like your? All the time.

We have represented a variety of business clients in numerous industries across multiple disciplines and practice matters. Here are some of the highlights.

► Our Latest Charitable Giving Projects

Did you know that our clients’ legal dollars are hard at work giving back to the community? Axis is a significant donor and supporter of a multitude of charitable giving projects in the community as well as nationwide, donating a portion of legal fees to a variety of underserved needs and causes. Check out at our latest charitable giving projects below, and know that in supporting Axis, you are helping us improve hundreds of lives.

► National Recognition

The talent at Axis has been recognized nationally for its legal services in a variety of publications, news outlets and other channels across the nation and internationally.

► Representing Clients from 22+ Countries Internationally

Axis has represented a wide variety of business clients in numerous deals, transactions, contracts, agreements, disputes and legal matters. For information on how we may be able to assist you, please contact [email protected].

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