Date: 8 March 2012
Time: 10.30am – 6.30pm
Venue: Agatha Room, Level 1, Toa Payoh Public Library
Workshop Leader: Trina Ha, Samuel Seow Law Corporation, Singapore
Fees: S$230 per person (early bird registration before 13 February 2012)
S$280 per person (normal rate)
COURSE
Copyright and Contracts in the Publishing Industry
(Covering Print and Digital)
This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of contract law. Participants will learn to understand and identify the different rights that exist in publishing and the relevant clauses in publishing contracts. This workshop will also cover the Copyright in the Online World.
Outline
• Introduction to Copyright
• Copyright Ownership
• Infringement and Defences
• Clearances
• Copyright in the Online World
• Introduction to Contract Law
• Publishing rights and Digital rights
• Anatomy of a publishing contract
Who Needs This Course
Editors, Publishers and anyone who has the task of drafting contracts. Also for writers who need to understand more about publishing contracts.
Your Workshop Leader
Trina Ha is a Director in the Corporate Department and the Media and Entertainment Practice
Group of Samuel Seow Law Corporation. At her previous position as a Legal Counsel at MDA, Trina established the media legal clinics with IPOS and also organised various talks on intellectual property rights in the media industry, which included researching on relevant issues and drawing up the outline and content. She specialises in the practice of corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on intellectual property law and media and entertainment law. Her practice in these fields is buttressed by her extensive exposure to a wide range of transactions over the years (including legal documentation for the financing and production of feature films and television programmes, option rights on books, agreements for development and licensing of computer games, franchise and distribution agreements, and technology transfer agreements). Trina has conducted talks for various clients and associations on intellectual property rights. These included MediaCorp, MICA and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. In addition to that, she has also conducted a workshop, funded by MICA, under an incubation project on exploitation of intellectual property rights which included issues on publishing, for a group of individuals and companies. In 2000, she co-authored the volume on Media Law published by Butterworths as the first title in the series of Singapore Precedents and Forms.
Download registration form >>
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: clap@bookcouncil.sg
Website: http://www.bookcouncil.sg/
Time: 10.30am – 6.30pm
Venue: Agatha Room, Level 1, Toa Payoh Public Library
Workshop Leader: Trina Ha, Samuel Seow Law Corporation, Singapore
Fees: S$230 per person (early bird registration before 13 February 2012)
S$280 per person (normal rate)
COURSE
Copyright and Contracts in the Publishing Industry
(Covering Print and Digital)
This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of contract law. Participants will learn to understand and identify the different rights that exist in publishing and the relevant clauses in publishing contracts. This workshop will also cover the Copyright in the Online World.
Outline
• Introduction to Copyright
• Copyright Ownership
• Infringement and Defences
• Clearances
• Copyright in the Online World
• Introduction to Contract Law
• Publishing rights and Digital rights
• Anatomy of a publishing contract
Who Needs This Course
Editors, Publishers and anyone who has the task of drafting contracts. Also for writers who need to understand more about publishing contracts.
Your Workshop Leader
Trina Ha is a Director in the Corporate Department and the Media and Entertainment Practice
Group of Samuel Seow Law Corporation. At her previous position as a Legal Counsel at MDA, Trina established the media legal clinics with IPOS and also organised various talks on intellectual property rights in the media industry, which included researching on relevant issues and drawing up the outline and content. She specialises in the practice of corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on intellectual property law and media and entertainment law. Her practice in these fields is buttressed by her extensive exposure to a wide range of transactions over the years (including legal documentation for the financing and production of feature films and television programmes, option rights on books, agreements for development and licensing of computer games, franchise and distribution agreements, and technology transfer agreements). Trina has conducted talks for various clients and associations on intellectual property rights. These included MediaCorp, MICA and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. In addition to that, she has also conducted a workshop, funded by MICA, under an incubation project on exploitation of intellectual property rights which included issues on publishing, for a group of individuals and companies. In 2000, she co-authored the volume on Media Law published by Butterworths as the first title in the series of Singapore Precedents and Forms.
Download registration form >>
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: clap@bookcouncil.sg
Website: http://www.bookcouncil.sg/
