Publish and Perish? Handling the Unreasonable Publication Agreement

13 Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law 127 (2013)

18 Pages Posted: 19 Jan 2013 Last revised: 5 May 2013

Date Written: January 18, 2013

Abstract

Using hypothetical publication agreement drafts, this article explores copyright, warranty, representation, indemnity and other traps awaiting unwary authors. Exploring legitimate concerns of both authors and publishers, this article outlines parameters of reasonable agreements.

Keywords: publication agreement, copyright, license, indemnity, intellectual property, publication, publish, author, author's rights

JEL Classification: K12, K19, K39

Suggested Citation

Lloyd, Harold Anthony, Publish and Perish? Handling the Unreasonable Publication Agreement (January 18, 2013). 13 Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law 127 (2013), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2203106 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2203106

Harold Anthony Lloyd (Contact Author)

Wake Forest University School of Law ( email )

Winston-Salem, NC
United States

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