Competing Works Clause Samples

Competing Works. During the term of this Agreement, the Editor agrees not to write, edit or contribute to a Competing Work. For the purposes of this Clause, a "Competing Work" is any work which may reasonably be considered by the Publisher to prejudice sales of, or the exploitation of the rights in, the Work by the nature of its similar content, themes, target audience and/or common authors and/or editors.

Competing Works. In consideration of the Publisher's investment of time, money and resources in promoting the Work, the Author agrees that [he/she] shall not prepare in book, electronic or in any other form (now known or hereafter devised), any other works which are same or similar to the Work such that they would be likely to function as replacements or substitutes for the Work in the market during the term of copyright (including any and all extensions and renewals thereof) of the Work.

Competing Works a. The University will not, during the term of this Publishing Agreement, enter into new affiliations with other professional journals or trade magazines, or otherwise engage officially in the publication of any peer-reviewed, professional journal or magazine, that, in the Publisher’s judgment, might directly conflict with or compete with the successful publication of the Journal. b. To the extent it is legally able to do so, during the term of this Publishing Agreement, the University shall not permit the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal to serve in a similar capacity for a journal of similar content or character published by any party other than the Publisher. The Publisher acknowledges, however, that the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal may serve on the Editorial Boards of other journals. c. The University grants to the Publisher a first option, coupled with an interest, to obtain the exclusive right to publish any new journal (in any form or format) it shall seek to have developed during the term of this Publishing Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Publishing Agreement. The University shall inform the Publisher by written notice as soon as the University shall make the decision to develop or begin publishing any such new journal. The Publisher shall have twenty-one (21) days in which to accept or reject the option to publish. If the Publisher shall accept, the University hereby grants to the Publisher the exclusive right to publish that journal or electronic product on terms and conditions substantially similar to those contained in this Publishing Agreement (subject to any third-party rights contained in any third-party license agreement). In the event that the Publisher shall reject the option, or the University and the Publisher cannot agree on the terms and conditions within sixty (60) days following the Publisher’s acceptance of the right to publish the journal or electronic product, after good-faith negotiations, the University shall be free to offer the right to publish the journal or electronic product to a third-party publisher. However, should any such third party obtain terms and conditions more favorable to it than last offered by the University to the Publisher under this subsection 7(c), the University shall first re-offer the opportunity to the Publisher for an additional thirty (30) day period during which the Publisher shall have the exclusive right to accept or reject that opportunity, substantially in accordance with...

Competing Works. Editor agrees not to contribute or to release to another publisher any publication that contains expression or subject matter substantially similar to the Work and which may compete with the Work. Any publication of substantial parts of the Work requires the prior written consent of Publisher, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

Competing Works. The Entrant agrees not to submit for publication or cause the Entry(ies) to be otherwise published in any anthology or work of a similar character which might interfere with or injure the promotion, sale, or distribution of any NLJ anthology containing the Entry(ies) and published during the Initial Term.

Competing Works. The Author agrees that he/she shall not, without the prior written consent of Publisher, write, edit, print or publish any material that competes with title of the Work subject to his Agreement.

Competing Works. The Author agrees that he/she shall publish no other material related to the Book mentioned herein, during the terms of this contract, unless agreed upon by the Publisher (e.g. Author may not publish individual pieces from the Book in any other literary magazines without the Publisher’s prior written approval).

Competing Works. 8.1 The Author shall not, without the Publisher’s prior written consent, publish or permit any third party to publish the Work or any portion thereof. 8.2 The Author shall not prepare or assist in the preparation of any other work with substantially similar content that might interfere with the sale of the Work.

Competing Works. During the subsistence of this Agreement the Author shall not edit or publish for himself or for any other party any work which will directly compete with the Works.