In December of 2005 GameCloud interviewed Florida game attorney Tom Buscaglia on a number of game law related topics. I thought the interview was interesting. In particular his answers to questions 3, 4 and 5 about common business and IP problems that game developers run into in the early stages of a game development studio. New game developers often fail to properly secure the intellectual property rights needed/used in a game. They also often fail to deal with the issues needed to sustain a viable business. Creating a great game alone is not sufficient to create a sustainable game development studio.
Source: GameAttorney.com