Legal Guide to Video Game Development - Softcover

9781634256216: Legal Guide to Video Game Development

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634256212 ISBN 13: 9781634256216

Publisher: Amer Bar Assn, 2017

Written by experienced lawyers who work closely with software and video game developer clients, this is THE inside guide to the legal issues involved in taking an idea and creating a product, from beginning to end. Chapters include the relevant forms, agreements, and contracts for that phase of production, as well as numerous helpful tips on negotiation and decoding legalese. There's also an online forms library with downloadable templates for the end-user license agreements, terms of use, and nondisclosure agreements you'll need. This general roadmap to key legal aspects of video game development covers patents, copyrights, and trademarks; business and finance; IP agreements; licensing and open source material; EULAs and terms of use; the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; and publishing your game.

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About the Author

Ross Dannenberg is an attorney in the Washington, DC office of Banner & Witcoff Ltd., and handles a wide-range of intellectual property issues, including Internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, computer software and video game-related matters. He has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in a variety of technical fields, and he has substantial experience with IP protection of video games, entertainment, copyright, trademark and domain name related matters.

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