Website URLs:
www.myentertainmentlawyer.com
www.commercialresolution.com
About
Andrew Fuller LLB (1st Class Hons), BCom, BArts
Andrew Fuller is a Melbourne-based lawyer specialising in commercial, arts & entertainment, media and intellectual property law. He provides advice to start-ups and Australian businesses wishing to commercialise and exploit intellectual property rights. Andrew began hi
s career as a commercial lawyer at one of Australia’s top tier law firms after graduating from university with first class honours. Andrew has broad range of experience across the music, film and video, theatre, design and publishing industries from both the creator’s perspective and as a business & legal affairs executive with film companies and music labels. He has extensive experience within arts organisations, having been a board member of The Arena Theatre Company, WAM and Music Victoria where he is presently the Chair of the Management Committee. Andrew is member of the panel of arts and entertainment lawyers for the Arts Law Centre of Australia. Andrew regularly is asked to present at seminars on arts and entertainment law topics and grant writing. He currently teaches a masters unit in International Music and Publishing Licensing at Box Hill Institute. Services
Corporate & Commercial Law
Andrew provides professional and efficient services to clients on a one-to-one basis in a timely and cost-effective manner, offering specialist strategic and commercial advice on all aspects of your business including:
• structuring start-ups
• joint ventures and investor and shareholder agreements
• partnership agreements
• business acquisitions and sales
• due diligence inquiries
• company and incorporated associations constitutions
• director loans
• company secretariat advice
• confidentiality agreements
• intellectual property advice such as copyright and brand protection, trade secrets and confidential information
• website terms of use and privacy policies
• supplier trading terms
• customer contracts
• dispute resolution
Music
Andrew acts for artists and bands, artist managers, producers, songwriters, festivals, mixers, independent record labels and music publishers, and has broad experience in the online music licensing space. He advises on all aspects of the music business and can prepare agreements and advise on all areas such as:
• recording and ‘all rights’ 360° agreements
• music publishing agreements
• deal negotiation
• licensing and synchronisation
• physical product and digital distribution
• partnerships and band agreements
• music publishing
• venue hire agreements
• management agreements
• website terms and conditions and privacy policies
• merchandising and sponsorship agreements
• agency and promoter agreements
• collecting societies
• touring agreements
• assembling the right team
• dispute resolution
• PPCA direct licensing guidelines
Intellectual Property
Trade Marks and Brand Protection
Andrew assists clients with all aspects of their brands from the establishment and protection of their trade mark rights to the enforcement of the reputation and goodwill of their businesses, including online. Specialist areas include:
• brand creation and protection advice
• business and band name registration
• trade mark commercialisation and strategy
• trade mark applications and portfolio management
• domain name acquisition and recovery
• anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy work
• infringements and dispute resolution
Copyright
Andrew has extensive experience advising on copyright matters including:
• ownership and acquisition
• commercial exploitation such as licensing and distribution
• infringement
• protection and enforcement
• proactive and reactive anti-piracy measures
• collecting societies
Visual Art and Design
Andrew offers specialist advice to clients with visual arts and design practices, with expertise including:
• commissioning agreements
• consultant agreements
• hire agreements
• artist & gallery contracts
• merchandising and sponsorship arrangements
• copyright and designs law
• moral rights
• exhibition and touring
• acquisition and licensing of rights
• dispute resolution
Film, TV and Theatre
Andrew offers expertise on development and production of feature films and television programmes and theatrical productions, through to commercialisation of properties in theatrical, home video and digital formats in Australia & New Zealand or on a worldwide basis. Areas of expertise:
• rights acquisition and development: writers’ agreements, options over literary works, purchase of rights, and ‘first look’ agreements
• distribution: sales agency arrangements, Australian & New Zealand and international distribution and licensing agreements, acquisitions and non-theatrical and ancillary rights agreements
• production: releases, music supervision, music synchronisation licensing, music commissioning and footage clearances
• investor agreements
• merchandising and sponsorship
• talent contracting
• venue hire
• dispute resolution
Talent
Andrew provides advice on the creative and business needs of individuals across the entertainment industries including comedians, actors, and other creative individuals, working with their agents and managers to progress the commercial and creative activities of their clients. Areas of expertise:
• endorsements
• management agreements
• touring
• sponsorship,
• home video entertainment/DVD distribution and licensing,
• film, TV and online
• merchandising
Games
Andrew offer advice to software and games developers. Areas of expertise include:
• rights acquisition and commercialisation
• licensing and distribution agreements
• sponsorship and merchandising agreements
• end user licence agreements
• protecting intellectual property rights
• contractor agreements
• dispute resolution
Fashion
Andrew works with a number of fashion designers and fashion houses and provides advice on areas including: brand creation, brand protection, domain name use, distribution and licensing agreements, dispute resolution.
