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Video Games & Interactive Entertainment Law

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The Davis LLP Video Games & Interactive Entertainment Law Practice Group provides a full range of legal services for clients involved in all aspects of video game development, publishing and distribution. Our clients benefit from our firm's full-service capabilities including our media, entertainment and communications and technology and intellectual property law expertise, as well as from our specific passion, knowledge and experience relating to video game development and distribution.

Our Group offers advice and assistance in several areas, including:

  • Drafting and negotiating video game development agreements, publishing agreements, distribution agreements and licence agreements
  • Obtaining, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights
  • Corporate finance and securities
  • Privacy, confidential information and Internet issues
  • Tax incentives and other tax issues
  • Regulatory affairs
  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment issues
  • Immigration issues

Topical Issues

  • Ownership of virtual property in video games
  • Legislation regarding sale of M and AO rated video games
  • Development agreements regarding games for next-gen consoles

Representative Matters

  • Negotiating numerous publishing and development agreements for developers and for publishers
  • Assisting in the start-up of numerous video game development companies, including providing assistance with intellectual property protection agreements, employment and non-competition issues, and immigration issues
  • Assisting a large video game platform company to resolve a dispute with one of its developers regarding milestone deliverables
  • Registering and protecting game companies' trade-marks
  • Ensuring proper chain of title for ownership of developers' game assets

Activities


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