With "Overkill's The Walking Dead" now removed from the market, where does Starbreeze Studios go from here?

What does it mean to hold the intellectual property rights to a title like "The Walking Dead" and why would Skybound suddenly cut off an agreement just months after product release?

And how might Starbreeze's request to extend it's "reconstruction" process have exacerbated the whole mess?

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/vdgqZdkNcXw

#Starbreeze #WalkingDead #VirtualLegality

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Discussed in this episode:

"STARBREEZE HAS RECEIVED A NOTICE OF TERMINATION FROM SKYBOUND, THE OTWD TITLE RIGHTSHOLDER, RELATED TO THE PARTIES’ LICENSE AGREEMENT REGARDING OVERKILL’S THE WALKING DEAD"

Starbreeze Regulatory Release, February 27, 2019

(https://www.starbreeze.com/2019/02/starbreeze-has-received-a-notice-of-termination-from-skybound-the-otwd-title-rightsholder-related-to-the-parties-license-agreement-regarding-overkills-the-walking-dead/)

"The fall of Starbreeze"

Eurogamer, January 28, 2019

(https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-28-the-fall-of-swedish-game-wonder-starbreeze)

"The Swedish Business Reconstruction Act and SAAB"

Marie Tuula-Karlsson, Scandanavian Studies in Law (2012)

(http://www.scandinavianlaw.se/pdf/57-18.pdf)

"STARBREEZE APPLIES FOR EXTENDED RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD"

Starbreeze Regulatory Release, February 21, 2019

(https://www.starbreeze.com/2019/02/starbreeze-applies-for-extended-reconstruction-period/)

"Skybound ends contract with Starbreeze as Overkill's Walking Dead pulled from Steam"

GameDailyBiz, February 27, 2019

(https://gamedaily.biz/article/630/skybound-ends-contract-with-starbreeze-as-overkills-walking-dead-pulled-from-steam)

‘Overkill’s The Walking Dead’ Pulled From Steam, Devs Want to ‘Resolve Season 2’

Variety, February 27, 2019

(https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/overkills-the-walking-dead-pulled-from-steam-devs-want-to-resolve-season-2-1203150738/)

"Bungie-Activision contract"

(Software Publishing and Development Agreement)

Effective Date April 16, 2010

(http://documents.latimes.com/bungie-activision-contract/)

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