The McArthur Law Firm is excited to welcome Zachary Strebeck to the team as Of Counsel! Zachary is an animator and game designer-turned-attorney who represents board game companies and game studios. He brings to the firm valuable experience in various aspects of game development, including: Corporate...
As easy as it has become to create and distribute your own unique game, it is even easier for someone to copy your game and profit off of your hard work. Because of this, it is more important now than ever to trademark your videogame...
Why you need a well written Privacy Policy: The Federal Trade Commission fined makers of the “Path” mobile application $800,000 for collecting personal information that was not disclosed in their privacy policy. W3 Innovations was fined $50,000 by the FTC for not complying with COPPA and collecting...
When Sharon and I formed Big Duck Games, we never could have imagined that we would wind up creating a game played by millions of people around the world. Flow Free was an amazing experience right from the start reaching the #1 top downloaded game...
Glue Mobile has sued Hothead Games for copyright and trade dress infringement for the alleged reskinning of Deer Hunter 2014, Glu’s FPS hunting simulation mobile game. Hothead’s game, Kill Shot, is a mobile FPS game that currently ranks higher on the top-grossing charts than Deer...
This article explains the numerous high-profile Right of Publicity lawsuits filed recently and the most common pitfalls that arise when a game developer wants to use a real person's likeness in their game....
Here, I explain the six options game developers should consider to protect their intellectual property after someone has infringed it, and I give real-world examples of video game companies doing each and their outcomes....
In May 2009, Xio released Mino, a game wholly inspired by Tetris. Apparently banking on the three-decade history of courts dismissing copyright lawsuits against accused cloners, Xio brazenly copied the rules and functionality of Tetris, and then...
This article explains why your videos get flagged by Google’s automated copyright scanning system, what you can do if your video is erroneously flagged, and how you can fight back against a Content Manager and use the existing YouTube and Twitch's copyright regime to your...