Legal Guide to Video Game Development

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.