Scope of Service

• Publishing rights
• Questions regarding publishing agreements with authors
• Copyright law
• Trademark law
• Copyright and Trademark registration, clearance, and infringement
• Text and image permissions
• Libel/defamation
• Antitrust, including Robinson-Patman Act (price discrimination)
• Marketing and advertising questions, including contests and sweepstakes
• Subsidiary rights licensing
• Foreign translation licensing
• Contract interpretation

Eligible questions in these topic areas should be capable of resolution within one hour, including any brief research required. Questions requiring more than one hour of time will be outside the scope of the hotline, but may be addressed as noted below.

If a subscribing organization poses a question to the hotline which is outside the scope of the service, Flagler Law Group will indicate that the question is outside the scope and no credit will be charged for the question. For such matters, Flagler Law Group will offer to provide representation for the matter pursuant to separate engagement or refer the subscribing organization to a recommended attorney in the hotline’s network of specialized attorneys. As a benefit to subscribers to the service, the attorney will provide an initial consultation (up to 30 minutes) at no charge for matters that come through the hotline. If the publisher chooses to engage Flagler Law Group or another recommended attorney for the matter, the engagement will be billed at the firm’s then-current rates.