A-Z of Contract Clauses 4th edition

Authors	Deborah Fosbrook and Adrian C Laing
Publisher	Sweet & Maxwell
Products	A-Z of Contract Clauses 4th edition Hardback+CD	£205+VAT

December 2007

Features

The essential legal, commercial and business affairs reference book for easy access to thousands of ready to use clauses

Since the first edition was published in 1996 The A-Z of Contract Clauses has been used by lawyers, agents, publishers, distributors, television, film, DVD, advertising and media companies, government agencies, the EU and businesses in the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and worldwide. It was acknowledged by the EU Esprit project Crossflow for the development of B2B electronic business agreements on the internet.

There are over 300 main clause headings. Within each subject heading the clauses vary in style, content and which party they favour; areas covered include: Employment; DVD and Video; Film and Television; General Business and Commercial; Internet and Websites; Purchase and Supply of Goods; Services; Merchandising, Publishing, Sponsorship and Universities, Libraries and Educational.

• Choose a main clause heading either from the index or the headings at the top of the pages. Then find the industry which most suits your business and copy, paste and edit the clauses
• Use the clear and comprehensive clauses and terms to help improve your negotiation and drafting skills and get contracts concluded more efficiently
• Acts as a master reference checklist for clauses which you may wish to include against a contract which you have been asked to review
• Update, develop and improve your existing agreements, terms of business and website terms and conditions using this book
• Find definitions and wording of phrases for example over 50 ‘Net Receipts’ clauses.
• The index is thorough and guides you to other associated topics
• Use the legal, commercial and business website references to gather information from government, trade, collecting societies and EU websites
• Protect your brand, trade mark, artwork, logos and copyright and ensure that third parties do not acquire your material
• Ensure that there are sufficient undertakings as to the quality of services or products to be provided by a company or individual and that there are accounting and inspection provisions
• Use the clauses to restrict the legal liability of your company or the rights which you license to third parties
• Acquire, sub-license, option, distribute, exploit and market a comprehensive range of rights, materials, services, products, and data

Contents

Main clause headings include:

• Accounting Provisions
• Assignment
• Confidentiality
• Copyright Clearance
• Copyright Notice
• Costs
• Credits
• Damages
• Defamation
• Distribution Expenses
• Editorial Control
• Force Majeure
• Gross Receipts
• Indemnity
• Insurance
• Jurisdiction
• Legal Proceedings
• Licence Fee
• Loss
• Marketing
• Mediation
• Moral Rights
• Option
• Product Liability
• Product Placement
• Quality Control
• Rights
• Royalties
• Set-Off
• Term of the Agreement
• Title
• Territory
• Third party Transfer

Reviews

A classic reference
R K Mehra, Managing Director, RUPA & Co, India

A great book. An essential tool for agents
Philip Ettinger, Chief Executive and Licensed FIFA agent, Spirit Private Management Ltd

...of particular interest to lawyers and those professionals who with to draw up or negotiate their own contracts
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