26 Mar, 2024 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 3) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz The first part of this series underscored the opportunities that generative AI (“GenAI”) presents for the gaming industry. It also...
08 Dec, 2023 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 2) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz The first part of this series underscored the opportunities that generative AI (“GenAI”) presents for the gaming industry. It also...
17 Nov, 2023 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 1) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz Generative Artificial Intelligence is poised to reshape the gaming industry, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and complex...
05 May, 2023 “Action Replay” – the German Federal Supreme Court submits questions on copyright protection against “cheating” devices for PlayStation Portable games By Dr. Christoph Hendel Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, LL.M. In a legal dispute that has been ongoing for more than 10 years between Sony and the manufacturers and distributors of the “Action...
12 Dec, 2022 MediaWrites Party 2022, Panel discussion recording By MediaWrites Editorial Fad or future: which innovations are here to stay? Virtual events, NFTs, the Metaverse, Web3, Crypto… Everyone is talking about these...
25 Nov, 2022 European Parliament passes resolution providing recommendations for enhancing the European video game and esports industries By Will Deller Nick Cowen On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament passed a Resolution recognising the potential and value of esports and the video games...
05 Apr, 2022 From cartridges to games on demand: is the video game industry following Netflix’s example? By Jaime Delgado A series of recent IP and studio acquisitions by videogame giants Sony and Microsoft appear to herald the beginning of a new way to...
31 Aug, 2021 Video Games Tax Relief (“VGTR”) By Dean Rae Zoe Feller Video Games Tax Relief was introduced by the UK government in 2014, but what is it, who can claim it and how? Zoe Feller and Dean Rae...
07 Jun, 2021 NFTs in video games: a level-up for a fast-growing industry? By Dr. Simon Hembt Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFTs") may soon change the video game industry, as they provide easy access for players’ unique virtual goods in...
04 Dec, 2020 Newsflash: Update on Epic Games’ dispute with Apple By Conor Hume Conor Hume provides an update on the dispute (previously reported for MediaWrites) between Epic Games, publishers of the game Fortnite,...