IP & Media Law Updates

3/2/2023 9:43:43 PM

California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Impact: Five Things the Video Game Industry Needs to Know

By Emma Smizer Rick Borden

This post has been edited as of March 17, 2023 to reflect updated information. Welcome to part two of a five-part series, where we're...

9/26/2022 2:21:18 PM

By Emma Smizer Greg Boyd

A new California law is changing the rules governing advertising to children. The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC”), signed into...

3/10/2022 2:12:39 AM

By Saphya Council

The CEO of PC build company Artesian Builds was under fire last week for comments he made about a company promotion during a livestreamed...

2/3/2022 9:21:17 PM

By Frances Jensen

According to Atari, they are known as “GFTs” or giftable NFTs appearing as gift-wrapped digital boxes. In celebration of the video game...

1/27/2022 10:16:56 PM

By Emma Smizer Sean Kane

On January 20, 2022, a California federal court granted a joint order to permanently ban American YouTuber Benjamin Robert Simon (known...

10/4/2021 3:14:15 PM

By Frances Jensen

PUBG (which stands for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is an immensely popular battle royale game in China and around the world. PUBG...

5/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington recently weighed in on the line between permissible unregulated...