Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78043-823-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 856 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1406 g

Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills is a brand new title which will help you develop and create greater flexibility in your drafting skills. Using clear explanations and practical examples your ability to write clauses, draft, negotiate, analyse and review contracts will be enhanced. It is designed to be used in conjunction with your own precedent bank or alongside The A-Z of Contract Clauses, Sixth Edition.

This title gives guidance on the variety of techniques that can be used in drafting contracts including the significance of the purpose of the agreement and the focus of the outcome. In addition it covers definitions, an important aspect of contract drafting, and also general background factors that can be useful to consider when drafting a contract.

Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills will help you to appreciate the elements that can be edited in a clause thereby widening, decreasing or improving liability, risk, costs, revenue and control of rights. It also explains the process of the expansion, reduction and adaptation of clauses to meet the needs of the circumstances of the parties giving you the confidence to make that assessment and to focus on the aim of achieving the best agreement in the circumstances.

Whether new to contact drafting or an experienced contract drafter, whether a lawyer or non-lawyer Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills will provide you with all the tools and guidance you need to become an expert contract drafter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fosbrook, Deborah

Laing, Adrian C

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Absence

2 Acceptance

3 Access

4 Accounting Period

5 Accounting Provisions

6 Act of God

7 Adaptation

8 Advertising

9 Agency

10 Amendments

11 Assignment

12 Assignment Fee

13 Assignment Period

14 Cancellation

15 Confidentiality

16 Copyright Clearance

17 Copyright Notice

18 Copyright Warnings

19 Credits

20 Damages

21 Defamation

22 Delivery

23 Disclaimer

24 Editorial Control

25 Exclusivity

26 Force Majeure

27 Format

28 Gross Receipts

29 Indemnity

30 Jurisdiction

31 Legal Proceedings

32 Liability

33 Licence Area

34 Licence Fee

35 Licence Period

36 Logo

37 Marketing

38 Material

39 Mediation

40 Moral Rights

41 Net Receipts

42 Novation

43 Option

44 Payment

45 Rejection

46 Rights

47 Royalties

48 Set-Off

49 Settlement

50 Software

51 Sub-Licence

52 Termination

53 Territory

54 Third Party Transfer

55 Title

56 Trade Marks

Über Autor(innen)

Fosbrook, Deborah
Deborah Fosbrook is a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and has a degree in Business Law. She was fortunate to complete her pupillage with two leading experts the late Professor Sir Hugh Laddie KC who created Anton Pillar orders and Dr Mary Vitoria KC LLB PhD in the chambers of Blanco White KC. That included an appearance in the Court of Appeal which she won arguing against an application for an injunction in a rubik cube case.

Her management experience includes Thorn EMI and Legal and Business Affairs in Programme Acquisition at the BBC. She was the sole in-house lawyer at TVam and was Head of Legal and Business Affairs and deputy Company Secretary as part of the senior management team which turned the company into a financial success. She was then appointed Company Secretary of TVam plc and all its subsidiaries to manage the due diligence process, documentation and marketing of the flotation on the Stock Exchange.

She is the co-author of over 12 books which have been published since 1989. The current books include The A-Z of Contract Clauses Sixth Edition, The Media and Business Contracts Handbook Fifth Edition. These books have been used by leading universities, libraries, societies and institutes as well as manufacturers, television, film and media companies and distributors, publishers, authors, merchandising companies and sponsors worldwide. Reference to The A-Z of Contract Clauses has been made by the European Commission on a report on Quality Control and it is on the recommended list of The Society of Authors.

Her consultancy work has included athletics and she has worked with England Athletics and athletics clubs in North London. The Network was awarded a national award for the region for their achievements.

The latest work of which she is co-author is Contract and Copyright Drafting Skills is to be published in 2016. This book covers 56 subjects to do with drafting and aims to get you to both understand the topics and the choices which you can make as to how clauses can be drafted.

Laing, Adrian C
Adrian C. Laing was called to the Bar in 1979, is a Barrister of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and was enrolled as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court in 2003. Adrian Laing first practised as a Tenant in Chambers (2 Pump Court) and then embarked upon a career as a commercial lawyer and consultant working for the IBA (later the ITC) as the Assistant Head of Licensing during the Channel 3 franchise round. Subsequent appointments included: Consultant to the Chief Executive of Thames Television plc; Senior Broadcasting Lawyer at Hammonds, Solicitors; Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary to Harper Collins Publishers; Company Director Harper Collins (India) and Proprietor, Laing & Co (2004 to 2015). Adrian currently acts as a private consultant and lawyer to a number of companies and organisations in addition to being a director of a film production company.

Deborah Fosbrook is a Barrister. Previous experience includes Head of Legal and Business Affairs and Company Secretary at TVam plc, the BBC and Thorn EMI. Adrian Laing acts as a strategic and commercial consultant and legal adviser to a wide range of organizations and charities in addition to being a Director and producer of a film company. His previous experience includes Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary at HarperCollins Publishers, Thames TV, and the IBA.