The Briefing: Another Court Gets It Right in Tattoo Copyright Dispute (Podcast)
Game On: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Sports Wagering — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
The King of Donkey Kong: Conversations with a Video Game Industry Icon with Garry Kitchen, Legendary Video Game Designer and Expert Witness
The Future of Virtual Reality in Sports with Bob Tetiva, Founder & CEO, Sense Arena
Designing Video Games: The Artist’s Perspective, With Chris Perna, Digital Artist and Former Art Director at Epic Games
The Current State of Live Esports with Rebecca Longawa, Founder & President at Happy Warrior and Chief Operating Officer at Native Gaming
Welcome to the Major League: An In-House Counsel Perspective with Mandy Petrillo, Assistant General Counsel, Fenway Sports Group Boston
A New Solution for Online Gambling Companies with Eric Frank, CEO, Odds On Compliance
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Tattoo Artist Copyright Win Will Create Uncertainty Over Celebrities with Tattoos
The Social Impact of Video Games With Guest Ryan Johnson of Social Cxmmunity
The Rise of Mobile Gaming and Esports Gambling With Guest Anthony Gaud of G3 Esports
Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe: Trade Secrets in Video Games and Esports
Red Tape Redemption: Global Regulation of Video Games
A Moment with the Misfits: Legal Issues Facing Top Esports Teams
The Next Frontier: Legal and Practical Issues That Surround Mobile Gaming
Collegiate Esports 101: Trends & Legal Issues
You've Been Served: The Legal Effects of Games as a Service (GaaS)
Live From DreamHack and the Atlanta Esports Summit
5 Key Takeaways | The Maze of Laws, Rules, and Regulations at the Intersection of Gambling, Gaming, Sports Betting, and Fantasy Sports
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is taking the plunge into gambling, with the publication of commercial gaming regulations and licensing materials. The good news for interested investors and licensees is that the regulatory and...more
Kalshi is a CFTC registered exchange that allows for the placing of cash bets on a variety of real-world events. Specifically, through what it calls “event contracts,” Kalshi allows users to buy positions on whether an event...more
The Finnish government has unveiled a draft law proposing a major overhaul of the country's gaming regulatory landscape. The proposed system, targeted for launch in January 2027, would usher in a new era of open competition...more
Anything else is merely a roll of the dice....more
On July 10, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) request to grant a preliminary injunction of Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of...more
On April 26, 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked what would otherwise have been the largest deal in the gaming industry to date. The decision highlights several important trends, such as: - In dynamic...more
A recap of some of the most widely read news, updates, and commentary focused on Gaming Law and published on JD Supra throughout 2022....more
The popularity of cryptocurrency exploded in 2021 and consumer interest continues to grow. One prospect of particular interest for investors is the use of cryptocurrency in the gaming industry, and for sports betting in...more
Digital assets and NFTs being all the rage, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is increasingly receiving trademark applications covering virtual goods and NFTs, the regulatory classification of which is...more
“Metaverse” is generally used to describe any virtual world where users can interact using digital avatars. There are seven layers to any metaverse: infrastructure, human interface, decentralization, spatial computing,...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
There is no need to say that online gaming has conquered the world and certainly will shape the future. It is an industry with one of the quickest product launches, rise of new market players and key drivers for new...more
Key Takeaways- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement against chip manufacturing company Nvidia Corporation, on May 6, 2022, for inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of...more
Cash was king. If there was any moment for the gaming world to make a definitive shift of transaction paradigms, the last two years’ rapid transition into a cashless and touch-free world may be it. The pandemic forced even...more
With the recent explosion of blockchain technology and major companies pivoting their business models to realize the promise of a metaverse, tech innovators, entertainment and sports icons, and venture capitalists alike are...more
The qualities of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including digital scarcity, immutable persistence, and transferability on a blockchain, make NFTs an attractive technology to integrate into video games. NFTs have been implemented...more
A recap of some of the most well-read gaming-focused news, updates, and analysis published on JD Supra during 2021....more
Continuing the FinTech University series, please join Richard Levin, Katherine Baker, Craig Nazzaro, and Kevin Tran for a program focusing on FinTech and gaming. The session will include 10 minutes of Q&A at the end....more
According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they were in possession of EA data seeking a sale price of $28 million....more
Security researchers from Avast have discovered that “Crackonosh” malware has been installed on free versions of some popular online games for the purpose of cryptomining. It is believed to be sourced from a Czech author....more
Tesla dropped an incredible $1.5 billion on bitcoin on Monday “and signaled its intent to begin accepting the cryptocurrency as a form of payment, sending prices to a record after the vote of confidence from the EV leader and...more
On Tuesday I wrote about how Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney was engaging Apple on at least three battlefronts. I missed a battlefront and I’m here today to rectify that mistake. I mentioned Epic’s groundbreaking and lucrative...more
While many software providers choose to vigorously defend their intellectual property rights in the software they create, in the gaming industry, some developers of PC video games have taken a different approach by allowing...more
The Internal Revenue Manual defines fraud as a “deception by misrepresentation of material facts or silence when good faith requires expression, which results in material damage to one who relies on it and has the right to...more
California passed a sweeping new privacy law that will impact many businesses. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is the first U.S. law to grant consumers extensive rights as to their personal information and...more