Game Publishing Contract Review

A company, a game development specialized company, requested a contract review from Law firm Veat in order to conclude a publishing contract with a Chinese publisher.

Law firm Veat, based on its experience reviewing dozens of game publishing contracts, focused on reviewing the copyright and ownership of game data, license granting conditions, profit distribution, and termination conditions, which are the areas where the interests of the game developer and game publisher are most sharply opposed.

In this process, Law firm Veat emphasized that there were several contract conditions that were excessively favorable to the Chinese publishers, and that these conditions (1) are difficult to find in other game publishing contracts and (2) could bring an excessive economic burden that would make it difficult to conduct continuous game updates given the developer’s current situation.

Company A conveyed Law firm Veat’s review opinions to the Chinese publisher, and the Chinese publisher judged that the claims were reasonable and readjusted the detailed contract conditions. As a result, a publishing contract that both the developer and the publisher were satisfied with was concluded, and Company A was able to lay the foundation for successful entry into the Chinese market.