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Class 11 Guest Speaker: Mark Devereux

Class 11 Guest Speaker: Mark Devereux

Mark Devereux has been Chief Strategy Officer of Roadhouse Interactive since June 2012. Mark has over 20 years of international corporate and legal expertise ranging from heading up a public company in the green technology sector to running the Canadian subsidiary of a European focused online gaming company to operating a private law practice. He […]

Class 10 – 11/25/15; “Mass Effects” & Andy Moore

Class 10 – 11/25/15; “Mass Effects” & Andy Moore

Video and slides follow.   jon

News of the Week; November 25, 2015

GAMES Before you circumvent, circumspect! Nintendo TPM triumphs in Italy Backlash fears halt global Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 launch Riot to lock trolls out of new League of Legends systems Riot’s New LCS Player Contracts – A Legal Analysis Judge Tosses Donkey Kong Record Holder’s Lawsuit Against Cartoon Network First Amendment Protects Use of […]

Class 9 – 11/18/15; “Controlling Originality” & Jennifer Kelly
Class 10 Guest Speaker: Andy Moore

Class 10 Guest Speaker: Andy Moore

Andy Moore will be joining us next class to talk about the future of games, the games industry and the role of “indy developers”. Andy is a programmer by trade (but a teacher at heart), and has helped game studios and other digital-media companies as a consultant, contractor, and specialist; focusing in the fields of […]

News of the Week: November 18, 2015

GAMES How the Baseless ‘Terrorists Communicating Over Playstation 4’ Rumor Got Started How Paris ISIS Terrorists May Have Used PlayStation 4 To Discuss And Plan Attacks  (Forbes) Nintendo wins major victory in Italian court against PC Box Nintendo wins court ruling against modchips and homebrew software: Security measures ruled proportionate, despite preventing legitimate use. Nintendo […]

Class 9 Guest Speaker: Jennifer Kelly

Class 9 Guest Speaker: Jennifer Kelly

We are particularly privileged this coming week to have as our guest Jennifer Lloyd Kelly. Ms. Kelly is IMHO the leading video game law litigator in the world. She is (for the third time) making the trek from San Francisco where she practices at Fenwick & West LLP. Jennifer’s bio on Fenwick’s website says it […]

UNESCO Convention Roundtable Video & Slides

For the sake of completeness here is video of my short presentation on “Relevance for Creative Digitization & the Internet” at the “Roundtable on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – Impacts and Implications of the UNESCO Convention Ten Years After and Ten Years Ahead: The View From BC” as well as the related slides, the […]

Pitblado Lectures Talk

Pitblado Lectures Talk

On Friday November 6, 2015 I was honoured to be invited to be on a panel and give a talk at the Pitblado Lectures  in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This 55th edition of the Pitblado Lectures was put on by the Law Society of Manitoba, The Manitoba Bar Association, and The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law […]

News of the Week; November 11, 2015

GAMES Blizzard Sues Bot Maker For Copyright-Infringement ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’ Sets Off $10 Million Lawsuit Steam ad runs afoul of ASA: Standards agency upholds complaints over GTA V bundle offered in Steam Summer Sale GTA 5 modders claim Take-Two sent private investigators to their home: Take-Two “aren’t willing to accept any solution other than ceasing […]