[Consulting] Review of publishing contract with a Chinese publisher

In the early days of the game development industry, many companies simultaneously performed game development and marketing, but gradually game development companies and game publishing companies clearly divided their own expertise. Currently, almost all companies differentiate their roles into development and publishing. Law firm Veat reviewed the publishing contract between a Korean game development company, A, and a Chinese publishing company for the Chinese market entry of a highly successful action game in Korea.

Law firm Veat has reviewed publishing contracts for various platforms, such as mobile, PC consoles, and various regions, such as China, Japan, and the United States, and various genres of games. Based on this experience, Law firm Veat focused on reviewing copyright and ownership of game data, license granting conditions, profit distribution, and termination conditions, which are the areas where the interests of game developers and publishers are most acutely opposed. In addition, Law firm Veat provided advice on the drafting of the publishing contract, considering not only the detailed parts that might cause confusion to the Korean game development company due to the context or legal terminology of the English contract, but also potential problems that might arise when the Korean game development company enters into a contract with another publisher in China and distributes games.

Based on Law firm Veat’s review opinions, A added a condition that allowed them to freely choose another publisher after the publishing contract expires, and as a result, they were able to lead the publishing contract to much more favorable conditions than those initially proposed by the publishing company.

Thank you.

Law firm Veat