<h1>Sustainability AI Leader's Pen-Name Debut Raises Copyright, Licensing, Confidentiality, Employment and Reputation Risk Issues and Press-Release Disclaimer Implications</h1> A sustainability and AI product leader has published a debut novel under a pen name and secured presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair, raising potential legal issues typical of such transitions: intellectual property rights (copyright in the work, rights licensing/territorial translation deals negotiated at the fair), confidentiality and employment considerations if professional experience or proprietary information informed the fiction, and reputational risk management. The announcement is issued as a press release under an arrangement with a party identified in the release, with a disclaimer shifting editorial responsibility away from the news agency, which may affect reliance and attribution claims.