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Intellectual property protection, dispute resolutions, employee relations, and completing deals are serious business for the video games industry.

Overview

The video game industry continues to grow at breakneck speed. Incumbent players and disruptive entrants into the market share a need for sophisticated and efficient counsel who understand the video game industry’s unique challenges across all relevant practices. Dorsey’s deep bench of experience includes attorneys active in IP licensing, IP litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, copyright registration, privacy and cybersecurity, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters, and employment counseling and litigation. In addition, Dorsey’s international presence, with offices in the U.S., Canada, China, and the U.K. and a network of trusted local counsel, allows us to serve clients throughout the world. Because Dorsey regularly services both Fortune 100 and early growth stage companies, our attorneys know how to scale their support to our clients’ business demands.

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Experience

Dorsey has represented video game industry clients on a range of issues, including:

Mergers & acquisitions, financings and other corporate transactions
Clearance and registration of game names as trademarks
Licensing music for use in audio-visual works
Advising on fair use under U.S. Copyright Law
Negotiating sponsorship agreements, right of publicity licenses, and agreements involving e-sports
Registration of source code and other copyrightable components of games with the U.S. Copyright Office
Prepare and prosecute patent applications related to gaming console hardware (e.g., graphical processing units, displays, controllers), graphics rendering techniques and software, and other software advancements
Extensive knowledge in design rights to assist in protecting industrially designed products, such as enclosures, controllers, and headsets, as well as to protect important graphical user interfaces and icons

In addition, Dorsey routinely counsels its clients on issues relevant to the video game industry, including: