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Game On: SAG-AFTRA’s Video Game Performer Members Strike Over AI Concerns

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After almost 2 years of negotiations over a new interactive media agreement with video game industry giants such as Activision, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Co., video game performers voted to strike as of...more

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Name, Image, and Likeness Compensation for Student-Athletes: From the Playing Field to the Courthouse, Is the Ball Now in...

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For decades, student-athletes have asserted that colleges and universities have benefitted from their participation in collegiate athletics, while the student athletes themselves receive nothing in return. A college...more

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10/10 Would Recommend: The FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking on Fake Reviews and Endorsements Indirectly Addresses Review Bombing in Video...

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Could someone please tell my mom that – no – playing three hours of Frogger every day on a hand-me-down Atari did not in fact “melt my brain”? I’m still capable of thoughtful legal analysis, with the help of brilliant...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Is Palworld Illegally Infringing Pokémon's Trademarks and Copyrights

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Did Nintendo finally release a Pokémon videogame with guns? Oh, wait, it’s not Pokémon at all – it’s Palworld, a game released by Pocket Pair, a different Japanese videogame company. If you missed it, Palworld was released...more

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CMA Blocks Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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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

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Trademarks and Source Identifiers in the Metaverse: Practical Considerations for Brand Owners in a Newly Emerging Virtual...

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​​​​​​​As technology and the physical lives of consumers continue to converge, businesses active in metaverse and blockchain technologies will need to think about how their brands and source identifiers might evolve or change...more

White & Case LLP

Is It Game Over for PlayStation Store Antitrust Suit?

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The recent dismissal of an antitrust case against Sony relating to the sale of digital video games on the company's PlayStation Store could shed light on the viability of refusal-to-deal claims against platform technology...more

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Antitrust + Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q2 2022

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​​​​​​​In July 2022, the FTC brought an enforcement action to enjoin Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality app maker Within. The FTC’s approach in that complaint could have implications for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of...more

Hogan Lovells

Spotlight on online gaming

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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

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An Immersive Conversation with Dion Bregman on the Metaverse

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As part of our Spotlight series, Dion Bregman (who wears many hats at Morgan Lewis, such as deputy leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice, leader of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) team, managing...more

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Protecting Your IP in the Metaverse

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“Danger, Danger Will Robinson!” That was the warning of the guardian robot in the 60’s television show, Lost in Space. Intellectual property lawyers are giving similar warnings when it comes to protecting intellectual...more

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Cyber Beware: E-Gaming and Cyber-Criminality

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Recent events illustrate that the e-gaming industry—developers, publishers, esports leagues and teams, and the financial machinations behind them—are significant targets for cyberattacks, theft and cyber-criminality....more

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European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - April 2022

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To help organisations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison & Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main European digital regulatory and...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

News of Note for the Internet-Minded – Metaverse Gambling, Vanishing NFTs and AI Gaming

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Apple’s portal to the metaverse could be nearing, Sony’s AI ups its game(play), a hospital resorts to pen and paper to thwart ransomware, and more in this week’s News of Note!...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Video Game NFTs: Top Legal Considerations for Developers

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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

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NFTs, Web 3.0 and the Technologies Enabling the Metaverse

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Riaz Karamali recently joined host Joel Simon on the Industry Insights podcast to discuss the issues and innovations driving the video game industry, including the emergence of the Metaverse and how non-fungible tokens,...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Steady Evolution of Athlete Endorsement and Sponsorship Markets and the Latest Household...

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Some of this week's highlights include: - Emerging trends are showing signs of change in the sponsorships and endorsement markets. A segment once largely overlooked, athletes in the LGBTQ+ community are finally ringing in...more

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Game On: Addressing Security Challenges in the E-Sports Industry

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The emergence of e-sports is no longer news. According to industry reports, the global e-sports industry created over $950 million in total revenue in 2020, and experts expect that number to grow to $1.6 billion by 2023....more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What the Supreme Court Ruling in Alston v. NCAA Means for the Future of College Sports

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“The NCAA is not above the law.” Those seven words capped Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s searing concurring opinion issued in connection with Monday’s (June 21) unanimous (9-0) U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. National...more

King & Spalding

EU Sets Global Standard with First Ever Artificial Intelligence Act

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EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence - On April 21, 2021 the European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence, the first ever legal framework on AI. With its Proposal the European...more

The Rodman Law Group, LLC

Understanding the Rise of NFTs

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If you have any tangible connection to the crypto space, by now you have definitely heard of NFTs. What’s incredible is that even if you have no connection to the crypto space, there is still a good chance that you’ve heard...more

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Is it Time to Make AR and VR a Part of Your Reality?

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To date, there are over 1 billion augmented reality (“AR”) users and 171 million virtual reality (“VR”) users worldwide[1], a number that continues to increase as more industries turn to AR and VR to create immersive user...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

2020 Esports Survey Report

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At the end of March – amid the first wave of COVID-19-related shutdown orders – an esports record was broken when 1.3 million broadcast television viewers tuned in to watch professional NASCAR drivers compete in a virtual...more

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Epic Battles Apple: I Missed a Spot

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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

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Tech Anti-Trust Fight is More Than a Game

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Tim Sweeney, the Colossus of Cary, is fighting even bigger foes – Apple and Google. The multibillionaire chief executive of Epic Games has opened a multi-front war on the tribute that app developers are forced to pay to reach...more

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