Taylor Wessing | Austria | 9 May 2023
The video games industry has been using artificial intelligence (AI) for decades. Looking back as far as to the vacuum-tube computer age…
Studio Legale Previti | Italy | 28 Apr 2023
ChatGPT è un chatbot AI sviluppato da OpenAI e progettato per fornire interazioni conversazionali simili a quelle umane. È costruito su grandi modelli…
Charles Russell Speechlys | United Kingdom | 27 Apr 2023
Many of us were awaiting the UK Competition and markets authority's decision, which yesterday confirmed Microsoft’s £55bn acquisition of Call of Duty…
Covington & Burling LLP | United Kingdom | 23 Feb 2023
On February 16, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released guidance for the video game industry on how to conform with the UK’s…
Covington & Burling LLP | European Union | 16 Feb 2023
In the past five years, loot boxes have been the focus of many gaming regulators worldwide. While the regulatory status of loot boxes is still…
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 8 Feb 2023
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has warned Microsoft and Activision Blizzard it will likely block their proposed $68.7 billion tie-up unless they divest the latter’s flagship game Call of Duty.
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2023
On January 22, 2023, Judge Percy Anderson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss the…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2023
A video game development company settled SEC charges for (i) failing to implement controls to ensure that materially significant workplace complaints…
Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom, USA | 9 Jan 2023
Last year the games sector did not keep pace with its exceptional performance in 2020-21. The industry grappled with varied headwinds ranging from…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, European Union, etc. | 4 Jan 2023
Meta faces a record €390 million fine for targeted advertising offences, Amazon could be liable for advertising counterfeit shoes and two US states laws take effect to regulate online markets – plus other key updates.