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Law Review: A History of US Video Game Litigation
We’re proud to announce that the Patent Arcade’s own, Ross Dannenberg & Josh Davenport, have published a new law review article on the history of US video game litigation, including analysis of…
New Book Forthcoming!
We wanted to let everyone know that we have a new book in the works, tentatively titled “The Business of… Video Games!” This is a self-help introduction to legal issues that smaller,…
Article: Bilski’s Potential Impact on the Gambling Industry
Further to the previous post on the Supreme Court’s decision in Bilski v. Kappos, here is a link to an article discussing potential impacts of the decision on the gambling industry. The…
BOOK RELEASE: Computer Games and Virtual Worlds
The Patent Arcade is pleased to announce that a new book co-edited by our own Ross Dannenberg (i.e., me), and partly authored by our own Steve Chang, is now available for purchase…
Coming soon: New book on Video Game IP Law
We’re getting close… Stay tuned for more information about our new book. I am one of the editors, along with others from my committee at the American Bar Association: Computer Games and…
Article: The great free beer debate…
A colleague from across the pond, David Musker of RGC Jenkins, forwarded to me an interesting (and humorous) article that he wrote back in 2007. It’s a funny tongue-in-cheek perspective on the…
Article on Pirate Bay
A colleague of mine, Mikko Manner, recently published an article regarding Pirate Bay in the Entertainment Law Review. The article begins, as you may know: On April 17, 2009, the District Court…
Articles about IP in Virtual Worlds
I recently wrote a series of short articles for LinuxInsider regarding IP issues as they arise in virtual worlds and video games. Each article was necessarily short, so there wasn’t room to…
Article: Hey, that’s MY game!
Ever wonder what the basic principles are for protecting your video game based on intellectual property law? Steve and I wrote this article, recently published on Gamasutra, that provides a brief introduction…
Article: Film Sanitization Issues
I recently wrote a short article regarding Film Sanitization, the practice of removing objectionable content from a movie without the copyright owner’s consent. Groups remove the sex, violence, nudity, language, drug use,…
FEATURE: IP Basics & Publications
Still trying to wrap your head around intellectual property? The following video game IP resources are provided for your use. Please keep in mind that all articles and publications are for informational…
Publication: Top Ten Video Game Patents
TOP TEN VIDEO GAME PATENTSby Ross Dannenberg & Steve Chang When the editors at Gamasutra asked us to prepare a list of the top ten video game patents, we initially thought “Hey,…
Publication: Developer Guidelines for Preserving Patent Rights
As promised in my previous post regarding a general introduction to IP, linked below you will find a previously published article regarding the preservation of patent rights. This article may be particularly…
Publication: IP Primer
We’ve fielded some inquiries regarding materials providing an introduction to intellectual property, as well as more basic information regarding patent law in general. Below is the text to an article that Jordan…
Article: Copyright Preregistration as Protection for Video Games
Marc Cooperman and Michael Krashin recently penned an article discussing preregistration of copyrights as an additional form of protection for video games. When video game software is pirated or leaked before the…
Article: Patenting of Video Games
Gamasutra.com is presently running an article which Steve Chang and I wrote as their feature article: *** Today’s feature, subtitled ‘Top Mythconceptions on Patent Protection of Video Games’ and from IP lawyers…