Contract Walk-Through

The Contract Walk-Through essay are meant to educate all developers on game contract issues, so they will be better able to understand and discuss such matters with their lawyers and publishers. Game industry lawyers have compiled essays on important contract issues and each essay includes annotations from industry experts.

Contract Walk-Through - 3rd Release

The Contract Walk-Through 3rd relase focuses on contract clauses that impact quality of life, including the following topics:

Strategic Use of Planning: Technology Evaluation, Milestone Dates, and Description of Deliverables
Managing Change Orders and “Feature Creep”
Responsibility for Delay
Marketing Requests
Outsourced Assets and Potential Effect on Developer’s Quality of Life
Acceptance of Deliverables

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Contract Walk-Through - 2nd Release

The Contract Walk-Through 2nd relase covers the following topics:

Breach and Material Breach
Marketing Guarantees
Accounting and Audit Provisions
Assignment and Sublicensing
Continuing Rights
Termination Clauses
Brands
Milestone Provisions
Moral Rights
"Equitable Remuneration" in European Development Contracts
Developer Representations and Warranties With Respect to IP

Contract Walk-Through - 1st Release

The Contract Walk-Through 1st relase covers the following topics:

Cross-Collateralization
Definition of "Net Sales"
Derivative Works
Game Documentation and Trade Show Demos
Localizations
Ownership of IP (Game Code - Developer vs. Publisher vs. Licensor)
Ownership of IP (Tools and Technology)
The Reserve

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