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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Nintendo Weakens Emulator Upstart “Yuzu,” Setting Off Panic Within the Emulator Community

Nintendo of America’s (Nintendo) recent dispute against emulator developer, Tropic Haze, has highlighted major questions of intellectual property (IP) in the gaming sphere. This alert explores the background behind Nintendo’s...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Will Indemnification Commitments Address Market Demands in AI?

Lately, content owners have targeted generative AI providers with infringement suits, which has made some consumers wary of potential infringement liability. Earlier this year, Valve, which operates Steam—the largest online...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Rec Room Sues Player for Copyright Infringement and Other Claims Following Alleged Misconduct and Hacking Activities on Its Gaming...

Rec Room, Inc. (Rec Room), developer of the eponymous Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) video game Rec Room, has sued one of its players in a Washington federal court for violations of its terms of service arising from the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

League of Legends Copycat Companies Must Face IP Lawsuit in the U.S.

On January 20, 2022, Riot Games sued Suga and Imba, two video game companies based in Asia, in the Central District of California, alleging that the defendants infringed on Riot’s intellectual property by creating a knockoff...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - December 2022

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TTAB Emancipates “Queen of Christmas” from Mimi - Mariah Carey lets mark registration go unchallenged - Breakdown - Mariah Carey takes a lot of guff for...strange behavior. We won’t review the stories here; poring...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Clarifies DMCA Injunction Burden

As a previous Wilson Sonsini Alert reported, Snail Games USA Inc. and Wildcard Properties LLC (collectively, “Snail”) sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice to Valve Corporation (Valve) in order to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Courts Provide Guidance on the Depiction of Real-World Works Including Video Games

Many video games are marketed on the photorealism of their imagery and graphics. However, depending on the depiction, developers and publishers may need to worry about the underlying intellectual property rights in that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Electronic Gaming Podcast | Copyright and Trademark - Aaron Hendelman and Gary Greenstein

Join Wilson Sonsini Partners Aaron Hendelman and Gary Greenstein as they dig into how copyrights and trademarks can implicate games and gaming companies. With conversation on topics such as: whether you could put Starbucks in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update – September 2021

Main Quest - ‘Mint’ Conditions: NFTs and Video Games - Over the course of the past year, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have transformed from a relatively niche product for those in the cryptocurrency sector to an increasingly...more

Carlton Fields

Getting Creative With Video Games: Sync Rights and Wrongs

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Back to Basics: A Primer on Intellectual Property Rights in Video Games - In this series, we discuss some of the fundamental concepts of intellectual property law as they relate specifically to video game companies and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update - August / September 2019

In the inaugural issue of Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update, we explore the legal risks and consumer protection issues surrounding "loot boxes" and summarize recent judicial decisions and new litigation filings that may...more

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