Interactive Software and Digital Media

Technology is transforming business and the manner and speed in which it communicates and interacts with consumers. Companies now face an expanding set of novel legal issues as they navigate these advances. We can help. Our multidisciplinary team of attorneys, including those who regularly handle corporate, tax, Intellectual Property, government contracting, health, and entertainment matters, assists clients in all stages of development with their U.S. and international legal and business needs related to interactive software and digital media. We represent all legal facets of this innovative industry and its evolutionary software and technology from video gaming and entertainment to modeling, simulation and immersive learning.

Technology is transforming business and the manner and speed in which it communicates and interacts with consumers. Companies now face an expanding set of novel legal issues as they navigate these advances. We can help.  Our multidisciplinary team of attorneys, including those who regularly handle corporate, tax, intellectual property, government contracting, health, and entertainment matters, assist clients in all stages of development with their U.S. and international legal and business needs related to interactive software and digital media. We represent all legal facets of this innovative industry and its evolutionary software and technology from video gaming and entertainment to modeling, simulation and immersive learning.

Our team of professionals has the relevant experience to handle this specialized area of law. We have represented video game developers in international tax and distribution matters and IP litigation, government contractors in the negotiation of contracts for the development of simulation and defense-system software, and software companies developing interactive training programs.

Our experience and capabilities include major engagements in the following areas:

• Business formation and financing
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business and corporate advice
• Intellectual Property – patent, copyright and trade secret prosecution and protection
• Contract and Government Contracts
• International distribution and tax issues
• Employment and Immigration issues
• Film, studio and music production, distribution, publishing and licensing
• Data protection and privacy
• Litigation – including intellectual property infringement, contract and license disputes, publicity and privacy rights, and other film, music and entertainment related disputes
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act compliance advice

Representative Experience:

• Serve as outside general counsel for a variety of companies in the interactive gaming space, handling corporate and securities matters, including entity formation, founder agreements, equity compensation, private placements, IPOs, securities law compliance, SEC compliance and related matters.
• Represent international video game and engine developer in software litigation involving breach of license, copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
• Defend international game developer and distributor in litigation.
• For international video game company, structure numerous joint ventures and distribution models for China and the EU, including tax-efficient IP licensing and repatriation of profits from overseas.
• Prosecution of software patent applications related to mobile gaming, mobile software, location-based services and search engines.
• Represent company focused on using interactive and immersive online gaming technology for the elder caregiving market.
• Advise government contractor seeking to commercialize modeling and simulation software, including analysis of government license rights and development strategies.
• Represent government contractors providing modeling, simulation, and analysis software for defense purposes.
• Manage patent portfolio for client with lottery systems and games.
• Provide general corporate work for company developing RPG games.
• Represent health care systems and software providers providing software for immersive learning and training.