[Consultation] Review of Game Publishing Contract

Game publishing is one of the most important aspects of business for game developers. Recently, the game market is moving towards a structure where game developers and publishers are clearly distinguished, and game developers often cannot earn revenue without the activity of a publisher.

Because of this, game developers inevitably become very sensitive to profit sharing, IP ownership, publishing conditions and duration when entering into publishing contracts. Law firm Veat reviewed the publishing contract for A company’s online game to be published by B company, a large domestic publisher. In this process, Veat examined whether the development and update cycles were excessively short or whether there were many publisher development requirements, and also revised the contract clauses so that both parties could clearly recognize the ownership of the source code and artwork.

Furthermore, we focused on reviewing the copyright and ownership of game data, which is the area where the interests of game developers and game publishers most sharply conflict, along with license granting conditions, profit distribution, and termination conditions.

Thank you.

Law firm Veat Dream