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Riot Games (Riot), the publisher of hugely popular games such as League of Legends and Valorant, has now launched its own esports dispute...

In this episode of the MediaWrites Podcast: Women's Sport Series, gaming lawyers Will Deller & Sophie Stoneham are joined by special...

In-game monetisation, whether through (among other things) the sale of in-game items, additional content or new features, is an...

alexWhat progress has been made? It is well-known that esports has traditionally been considered a male dominated industry, with...

Fad or future: which innovations are here to stay? Virtual events, NFTs, the Metaverse, Web3, Crypto… Everyone is talking about these...

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament passed a Resolution recognising the potential and value of esports and the video games...

On 18 July 2022, the UK government published its formal response to its 2020 call for evidence on loot boxes in video games. The...

In this podcast, Gaming & Esports Senior Associate, Will Deller, chats to IP Partner, Rebecca O’Kelly-Gillard, about the crossover...

Part 1 of the conversation between Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at Fnatic, and Bird & Bird’s Will Deller was released last Friday – you...

Andrew Cooke is the General Counsel at Fnatic, the leading team in esports and a pioneer in the pro gaming space. He is joined by Will...

While COVID-19 continues to restrict our daily lives, the gaming and esports landscape is booming. In conjunction with this growth, there...

In a first-of-its-kind sponsorship agreement, Spotify has become the official and exclusive audio streaming partner for Riot Games’...

Making the most of the esports opportunity: Bird & Bird's esports team discuss the key commercial and legal issues surrounding this...

The travel industry has been hit particularly hard by the effects of COVID-19, with travel companies worldwide working incredibly hard to...

In the second instalment of our new video series, MediaBytes, Katrina Baxter talks to the authors of some recent posts which have been...

From relatively obscure origins, the advent of cryptocurrency has fuelled a blockchain (or, less catchy, “distributed ledger technology”)...