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Taylor Wessing | Austria | 9 May 2023
Machine Rising: Keep your legal mind sharp so your video games stay on the market
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
Tutela del software tra ChatGPT e videogames
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
UK CMA's blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a potentially significant decision for SMEs in the video gaming sector
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
UK Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Guidance for Video Game Developers and Designers to Improve Data Protection in their Services
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
Upcoming EU Legislation on Loot boxes?
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
CMA suggests divestment remedies to clear Microsoft/Activision Blizzard
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
California District Court Grants With Prejudice Motion To Dismiss Securities Fraud Class Action Against Video Game Company, Finding Plaintiffs Failed To Plead Falsity And Scienter
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
Video Game Developer Fined $35 Million for Mishandling Internal Complaints
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
Playing on harder difficulty: increased challenges for the video games industry in 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
Digital advertising: key updates for businesses (December 2022)
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.
