PUBLISHERS / AUTHORS PORTAL

Harwood Andrews IP is dedicated to assisting creative and inventive individuals and businesses in protecting, commercialising, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property rights.

Our team can work with publishers, agents and authors alike to manage the licensing of literary or other creative works, together the sale or transfer of copyright subsisting in these assets.

Our contract review service provides advice and guidance on:

  • the essentials of a trade publishing contract including all warranties and indemnities;

  • issues of joint ownership and retention of rights including between co-authors and contributing illustrations;

  • managing relationships between an author and their literary agent;

  • subsidiary rights including for audio, translation rights and film and television; and

  • securing permissions clearances and authorisation for third party intellectual property (IP) included in a literary work.

 All you need to do is upload your contract to our secure portal in below form.

COSTS

To provide you with cost certainty, we can review your Contract and either:

1. report on any issues or risks in writing:

  • first time author - $500 plus GST; or

  • Other - $700 plus GST. 

2. have a one hour phone/video consultation to explore the issues and/or risks identified in our review (no written advice):

  • first time author - $500 plus GST; or

  • Other - $700 plus GST.