Month: May 2020

Non-Competes & Non-Soliciations: What’s the Difference?

By / May 27, 2020

When building a successful games business, developers often seek protection from unwanted competition by asking employees to sign a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement as a condition of the individual’s employment. What’s the difference, and what’s the likelihood of a court enforcing those agreements? Non-Competes are tough to enforce–which is why they need to be carefully …

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Brandon J. Huffman Featured on FTW with Imad Khan

By / June 19, 2020

FTW with Imad Khan, a podcast featuring journalist Imad Khad with in-depth weekly discussions on the esports industry, recently featured Brandon J. Huffman. Episode 18, available on Spotify, includes Brandon J. Huffman discussing Ubisoft suing Google and Apple over Rainbow Six clones in the app store. George Geddes of Dot Esports and Mikhail Kimentov of …

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Virtual assets 101: what is virtual currency?

By / May 20, 2020

We talked previously about virtual property – property that’s solely virtual in nature that isn’t tangible and has no real-world equivalent. One type of virtual property is virtual currency. So what is virtual currency? In this instance, we’re specifically discussing games, apps, platforms and other virtual economies.  In many games, players can use real-world money …

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Virtual assets 101: what is virtual property?

By / May 20, 2020

Virtual property can mean a lot of things in different situations. How is the purchase of virtual property regulated? What risks do developers and publishers face by including these kinds of transactions? This series will cover virtual property, virtual currency and the regulations behind these assets as this space continues to grow at a rapid …

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