IP Rights in Gaming: Leveraging Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents to Protect From Development to Delivery
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to IP counsel advising creators, designers, companies, and others in the gaming industry on managing key IP challenges. The panel will discuss infringement and enforcement as well as leveraging trademark, copyright, and patent law to protect IP rights.
Outline
- Common pitfalls facing new developers
- Ownership issues among contractors and employees
- Licenses, ownership, and selling a game
- Open source considerations
- Legal challenges facing the industry generally
- Game cloning
- U.S. and EU data privacy issues
- Developing a comprehensive IP protection strategy
- Copyright
- Trademark/trade dress
- Patent
- International considerations
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are the infringement risks for gaming creators, designers, and companies?
- What copyright, trademark, and patent issues should counsel anticipate and address during the development of a game?
- What strategies should IP counsel employ to enforce IP rights in the gaming industry?
Faculty
Ross A. Dannenberg
Attorney
Banner Witcoff
Mr. Dannenberg handles all facets of IP procurement, counseling, and enforcement. In addition to working on thousands... | Read More
Mr. Dannenberg handles all facets of IP procurement, counseling, and enforcement. In addition to working on thousands of software patent prosecution matters, he has extensive experience with contentious patent, copyright and trademark matters, including litigation, counseling and licensing, for companies in virtually every industry, including video games, software development, and healthcare, among others. Mr. Dannenberg has also led numerous copyright litigations defending firm clients from accusations of infringement by performance rights organizations and other copyright enforcement entities. A lifetime fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Mr. Dannenberg is a recognized leader in video game IP issues. He is an adjunct professor of Copyright Law and Video Game and Immersive Entertainment Law; the founder and editor-in-chief of the PatentArcade.com legal blog; editor and principal contributor of the ABA’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development; editor of The ABA’s Computer Games and Immersive Entertainment: Next Frontiers in Intellectual Property Law; and founding chair of the ABA’s IP Section Committee on Computer Games and Virtual Worlds. He also serves on the editorial board for the Interactive Entertainment Law Review, and has been a member of the Video Game Bar Association since its inception.
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Zachary A. Lewis
Attorney
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Mr. Lewis counsels clients on new technology ventures, intellectual property matters, and advertising matters across a... | Read More
Mr. Lewis counsels clients on new technology ventures, intellectual property matters, and advertising matters across a wide range of industries, from video games and music to fashion, food, and film. Heh focuses on a variety of IP issues and transactions, entertainment and brand deals, software agreements, influencer and talent agreements, contractor services agreements, and custom content and marketing agreements, among other things. Mr. Lewis also has experience drafting online terms of service, end-user license agreements, and other bespoke agreements for clients utilizing emerging technologies such as virtual reality, non-fungible tokens, and artificial intelligence. He is a frequent presenter on IP and technology legal issues.
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Beth B. Moore
Of Counsel, Co-Chair Entertainment & Sports Industry Team
Arnall Golden Gregory
Ms. Moore focuses her practice on counseling clients across the music and entertainment industries. She is a steadfast... | Read More
Ms. Moore focuses her practice on counseling clients across the music and entertainment industries. She is a steadfast and trusted adviser, helping her clients through all aspects of business formation and partnership agreements to due diligence and contract negotiations. Combining her wealth of knowledge in entertainment law and fine-tuned listening skills, Ms. Moore is a formidable champion for artists and investors in music, film, television, literature, theater, gaming, and other creative arts industries. She is deeply experienced in managing intellectual property assets, domestic and international IP portfolios, and IP licenses, having represented clients ranging from emerging artists and filmmakers to a top-100 accounting firm and billion-dollar software company.
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