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Class 5 Guest Speaker: Mavis Dixon
Mavis Dixon will be talking to us this week about how games interact with our brains. Mavis is Manager of Projects and Engagement with Ayogo Health Inc. Ayogo blends game technology, patient-centered health narratives and design thinking to create games for people with chronic health conditions. Over time Mavis assumed the lead for digital marketing […]
News of the Week: October 7, 2015
GAMES 1. Pokémon copyright lawyers demand $4,000 from party planner: “I literally don’t have $4000… I will never throw another fandom party.” + Pokemon Wants To Totally Bankrupt One Of Its Biggest Fans, Thanks To Copyright + Fan turns to the crowd for Pokemon PAX party settlement 2. EA Takes Right-of-Publicity Case to Supreme Court 3. The Escapist faces possible […]
Class 4 Guest Speaker: Brian Dartnell
Brian Dartnell, Associate General Counsel of Electronic Arts is our guest this week. Brian has been with EA for almost 10 years and is an exceptionally good friend of the course. He will take us through the rather exceptional scope of activities that an in-house video game lawyer participates in. Brian’s bio (from Linked In): […]
Class 3 – 9/30/15: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Ian Verchere
For some reason Ian’s slides didn’t feed into the video. Everything else seems good. jon
News of the Week; September 30, 2015
GAMES 1. Wizards of the Coast settles Hex lawsuit 2. Dev Offers Free Games For Steam User Reviews, Gets Nuked By Valve 3. Black Forest Games loses Diesel trademark dispute 4. Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn and more take aim at cyber harassment against women in new report 5. Hasbro Spent Time, Money, Lawyers’ Attention To Barely Make A Difference Over My […]
Knights of Allardia: Video Games and Violence
Guild Name: Knights of Allardia (KoA) Guild Members: Amanda Lim, Lorraine Ang, Luke Effa, and Thomas Walker Origin Myth: Initially formed to wage war on plagiarism across campus, the Knights of Allardia soon found it was far more profitable to sue people for copyright infringement instead. With newfound pecuniary motivation, KoA began litigating with a […]
Law-ification Presentation @ Full Indie Summit 2014
For anyone who wants my take on a broad variety of issues video game developers might be interested in, this video which is a bit over a year old (but only recently posted to YouTube) might be helpful. https://youtu.be/5e7JoA1YK-Y jon