2018 was an eventful year from a legal perspective in the video game industry. At Odin Law and Media, here’s what we’re anticipating to see as growing legal challenges in this space in the new year. Esports more formalized Currently, esports is a very fragmented part of the video game industry. There are different tiers …
Happy Holidays from all of us at Odin Law and Media (including Darcy, the official doggo of our firm). Thank you all for a wonderful 2018 – we look forward to seeing more of you in 2019!
The main goal of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is to protect technology, devices, and/or services that are copyrighted. It also makes it a criminal act to circumvent access to technology, devices, and/or services even if there isn’t actual infringement on copyright – aka, trying to access something online without permission. At its core, …
Diligence is the process by which a prospective buyer or investor looks at a company in order to decide whether or not to invest or buy. It’s really that simple. Diligence can be very scant or it can be very involved. A wise investor or acquirer will lean toward more aggressive diligence. That means looking …
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In 2018, we had a lot of new ground covered in the video game industry from a legal perspective. Here are some of the most notable, influential stories in case you missed them: Studio Closures & Snafus More than a thousand jobs have been lost in the video game industry in 2018 alone – and …
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Brandon J. Huffman was quoted on the mass studio game layoffs in 2018 on Variety.com Here is an excerpt: Often in the games industry there is some cash on hand that is allocated to keeping the lights on and people paid,” says attorney Brandon Huffman, founder of Odin Law & Media. “When leadership can see …
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Odin Law and Media was proud to sponsor the Switch Developer Showcase by NC-Triangle Chapter of the IGDA on November 20th. Adrian Schmettau and Joe Modzeleski from Limited Run Games spoke and showed off titles that LRG has published and Mighty Rabbit Studios has worked on. Saturday Morning RPG, Night Trap, Cosmic Star Heroine and …
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Recently, Brandon J. Huffman was quoted on the Telltale Games Studio layoffs by GameDaily.biz and he was quoted again on the studio’s closure and liquidation. Here is an excerpt: Assignment is a different mechanism for closing a company than bankruptcy. “A company can go out of business without going bankrupt,” says attorney and Odin Law …
In Part 3 of this series, I spent some time talking about the difference between First Amendment protected speech and unprotected speech. With that in mind, assuming speech is “protected” by the First Amendent, what does that actually mean? Protection from government restriction The language of the Amendment is always relevant. The first part of …
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