1) Gaming Industry

JC Partners has been providing legal services to first tier online game development companies, mobile game development companies and recently to smart phone application development companies. The legal consultations dealt, especially, with investment or issues of plagiarism, issues of infringement of business secret, classification of game contents rating of obscene, violence, speculation, issues of trading of game items, copyright of e-sports, shutdown policy that was phased in recently, and also consultation services related to conclusion and negotiation of contracts regarding publishing of Korean games overseas and introduction of foreign games into the Korean market.

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2) Music Industry
JC Partners has been contributing to the Korean music industry since the early stages of its development with ‘Bugs,’ ‘Soribada,’ and recently the K-pop sensation- PSY
 

As many music contents are available online and distributed in digital copies, this makes it comes under great influence of multimedia technology development and often affected by copyright related matters. Despite the complexity of the issues in claim and contract relation between singers, album producers, management company etc., JC Partners’ all-rounded understanding of the music industry and claim structure has allowed us to correspond swiftly to a wide spectrum of legal issues arising in the industry. 
 

3) Artist / Celebrity  Management Business
JC Partners have been the trusted advisor to some of the most prominent entertainers by reacting promptly to the press and legal counteractions of signing, negotiation and conflicts of exclusive management contracts, as well as fair trade issues, portrait rights, defamation and civil and criminal cases related to privacy. Our team is highly experienced and equipped with knowledge of the relevant laws. For instance, JC Partners has successfully represented singer Rain in the radio story scandal case; Seo Taeji’s publicity right and as attorneys for other celebrities. We also reviewed business structures and contract relations for singers and celebrities from jurisdiction across the globe. 
 

4) Character and Animation Industry
JC Partners has been providing legal services for legal matters arising in the character and animation industry. We offer comprehensive guidance to our clients from the development process of the characters and help our clients to overcome problems in the copyright, licensing or co-production contracts on issues relating to the right of relationship of development or distribution of profit. Our top ranked litigators are also experienced in negotiation with foreign agencies.
 

5) Theater/Performance Industry
JC Partners has been providing various legal services related domestic and international performances such as overall contracts, performance contracts, sponsor contracts and other sorts of contracts as well as performance laws related to invitation of foreign performers, issues with immigration laws, etc., copyright and/or obscenity of performance content, agency contract or overseas performance contract related to expansion of domestic performance. Specifically, JC Partners was involved with a performance copyright dispute between Lee Seunghwan and Country Coco and a performance obscenity case with G-dragon.

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6) Marketing/ Advertising  Industry
JC Partners provides consultation with legal issues that arise in the marketing industry such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of one’s portrait rights, defamation, use of parody and impartiality, comparative advertisement, false advertisement, abusive advertisement, etc and is also involved in concluding or negotiating a contract and resolving disputes between an advertiser and advertising model.

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7) Broadcasting and Media Industry
JC Partners provides legal consultations to defamation or violation of one’s portrait rights through broadcast or report by the press, broadcast format or program plagiarism issues, unfairness in the production of dramas, etc., and also represent various types of suits such as injunction of broadcast, etc. With the increase in variety of the channels and shows, JC Partners is able to help our clients to stay up date on all areas.
 

8) Sports Industry
JC Partners provides comprehensive legal services related to publicity, agent contract, protection of publicity rights, domestic athletes going overseas or foreign athletes coming to Korea, relay broadcasting of sports games, attract international sporting events, and administrative support in the sports industry that arise with athletes and the growth of the sports industry.

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9) Movie and Video Industry
JC Partners provides legal services related to investment and production of movies, overseas distribution, management of illegal copy, plagiarism issues, movie ratings, screen quota etc., that arise in the movie industry.
 

10) Fashion Industry
JC Partners provides legal services such as legal actions against imitations, protection of famous brands, issues with parallel import of genuine products, protection of photographic work, legal issues related to digital image, draft and review of modeling contracts, and protection of  publicity rights of models.

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11) Art Industry

JC Partners provides legal services related to various contracts and legal advice that arise from museums, art gallery, etc. when exhibiting or works, protection of the artists’ copyright and moral right, protection and insurance relation of displays and work of arts, infringement of artists’ moral rights with withdrawal of installation art, and plagiarism dispute of artworks.