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Brazil Passes ‘Legal Framework for Games’ Legislation

Mayer Brown on 5/30/2024

In early May, Brazil’s Law No. 14,852/2024 (the “Legal Framework for Games” or the “Framework”) was published. Originating as Bill No. 2796/2021, the legislation provides the necessary legal framework for the burgeoning...more

PTAB Doubles Down on Interference Estoppel Issue

Jones Day on 10/27/2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held all challenged claims of IGT’s patent unpatentable as obvious over two prior art patents. Zynga Inc. v. IGT, IPR2022-00199-32. In doing so, the PTAB further held that, contrary to...more

Global M&A markets drops to pre-pandemic levels

White & Case LLP on 4/8/2022

While global dealmaking in Q1 was down from a blockbuster 2021, there are signs deal activity could pick up later in the year - Following a record-breaking year for dealmaking, 2022 has had a relatively slow start. A total...more

Federal Circuit Review - October 2021

Knobbe Martens on 11/9/2021

No Assembly, No Infringement – Federal Circuit Declines to Expand the “Final Assembler” Theory of Direct Infringement In Acceleration Bay LLC v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Appeal No. 20-1700 the Federal Circuit held that...more

Planning for an M&A Transaction: Key commercial terms to look-out for

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/22/2020

When participating in an M&A process involving a video game company, whether you are on the sell-side or the buy-side, there are certain key terms that are included in industry standard commercial agreements that the parties...more

Retrogaming Responsibly

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 3/5/2020

In the past few years, retrogaming – collecting and playing video games from past generation consoles – has become incredibly popular. However, retrogaming raises some interesting copyright issues for both IP owners and...more