How to Use This Book

• Author: Chrissie Scelsi - Ross A. Dannenberg
• Pages: ix-ix

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How to Use This Book

This book is intended for those in the legal field (e.g., practitioners,

law students, and legal scholars), placing a heavy emphasis on stat-

utes, case law, and established legal resources. If you are not a legal

practitioner of some sort, and are instead looking for a higher level

introduction to legal issues one may encounter during video game

development, we recommend you read the American Bar Associa-

tion’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development (2d ed. 2016), edited

by Ross Dannenberg.

In this book, the chapters address, in order, contracts, copy-

right, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and right of publicity as

addressed by U.S. law, and we conclude with a commentary on

international issues stemming from the multinational user base

and foreign operation of games and immersive entertainment. One

need not read the entire book—unless of course you are interested

in doing so—but rather we recommend that you read each chapter

as needed, perhaps as a starting point for research, or as a primer

on a particular area of the law.

If you find any errors or omissions that you believe should be

fixed or topics that should be included in the next edition of this

book, please reach out to us. The editors’ contact information and

biographies may be found in the Contributors section of this book.