Publishing

With its dedicated approach to transactions and its internationally recognized expertise in deal making, Alston & Bird's IP group is uniquely positioned to serve clients in all areas of publishing, from print to electronic media.

Clients include large and small publishers of books, periodicals and video games, as well as literary agencies and authors in all categories of fiction and nonfiction.  Alston & Bird attorneys have pioneered agreements that helped move scientific, technical and medical publishing from the print media into publishing via electronic databases that reach into academic and business libraries the world over. They have assisted in the difficult task of reformulating newspaper agreements with freelance contributors in light of recent and legal technical developments.  Our attorneys regularly represent clients on both sides of claims of copyright infringement and misappropriation of ideas.

Attorneys practicing in this area are members of important organizations such as the Copyright Society o the USA, and they attend major publishing events such as the Frankfurt Book Fair.  Our attorneys are favored speakers on legal and business issues affecting the publishing and literary communities; many are authors of books and articles published in the popular press and bring a unique and personal understanding of the rewards and challenges of publishing in 21st century.