The emergence of new technologies has made copyright an area of law that is subject to constant review and revision. International (WIPO treaties), European (EU directives), and national (laws and regulations) initiatives dealing with private copying and Internet anticounterfeiting are ongoing. Our Firm has been in the forefront of the fight to set up a suitable legal framework that will strike a balance between respecting the basic rights and principles of the information society and protecting intellectual creations in the digital age.

The stresses and strains prevalent in copyright law today mean that practitioners not only have to be thoroughly conversant with national and Community law and case law but also have to keep constant tabs on political, economic, and social developments bearing on the defence of these rights. The viewpoint of the individual creator, always inherent in Continental approaches to copyright, merits consideration and protection, as do the interests of businesses that take on the risk of investing in exploiting a work. Our Firm is well aware that author's rights are not just a cultural construct but are assets which to a great extent underpin the leisure and entertainment industries.

These premises form the foundation that enables us to offer our clients full-service advice in such disparate areas as protecting a traditional literary work, drawing up a software development agreement, adopting measures to block a website dealing in illegal downloads of protected works, taking legal action against plagiarism of television program formats, negotiating agreements with collection societies, or defending the interests of a private group or sector against the authorities.

Our practitioners are equally at home in all spheres (the courts, business, politics)) of copyright protection, be it taking legal action in the courts, drawing up business agreements to safeguard the proper exploitation of a work, or defending interest groups when new laws are being framed.