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Legal Issues in Roblox: What Game Studios and Brands Should Know

By / September 10, 2025

Roblox, which brands itself as “the ultimate virtual universe”, has experienced exponential growth in recent years. Last year, Roblox announced at the 2024 Roblox Developer Conference that Roblox maintained a userbase of 79.5 million daily active users (DAUs). That already sky-high figure grew to 111.8 million in 2025, per the 2025 Roblox Developer Conference. Those …

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Fan Games and Legal Risks: What Developers Should Know

By / September 3, 2025

Fan games are a beloved part of anime and gaming culture. Often created by passionate fans who want to expand on a favorite series, these projects can range from small mods and visual novels to fully developed games inspired by an existing franchise. While these works are usually created as tributes, they raise difficult questions …

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The Game Developer’s Guide to AI Governance

By / August 27, 2025

Advanced or deep learning AI, particularly generative AI and large language models (LLMs), is revolutionizing the video game industry. These tools accelerate development, enrich gameplay, and enable personalized, dynamic experiences. AI has grown from rudimentary pathfinding and procedural generation to systems capable of nuanced NPC behavior and real-time narrative adaptation, creating “Living Games”. Yet, with …

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What Terms Are “Normal” in Game Investment Deals?

By / December 2, 2025

Game investment deals often borrow from venture capital but some carry unique terms shaped by creative risk and uncertain returns. Sophisticated investors in this space know that the success rate for new titles and studios is low, but the upside can be significant. Developers, in turn, look for deals that provide breathing room to create …

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Fighting Game Community: Grassroots Resilience Amid an Esports Winter

By / August 13, 2025

“It doesn’t matter what language they speak, it doesn’t matter what walk of life [they’re] from . . . they all have the same shared interest and passion [in this community].”— John Choi, on the Fighting Game Community In an era when many corners of the esports industry are freezing over, the fighting game community …

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Fanart for Sale: Navigating Copyright and Trademark Risks

By / August 5, 2025

Crowded convention aisles often feature tables piled high with vivid prints of iconic game protagonists, anime heroines, and nostalgic cartoon mascots. Shoppers delight in seeing fresh artistic spins on familiar favorites, and individual artists rely on those sales to recoup travel costs, or even finance full-time creative careers. Yet every charming mash-up or stylized portrait …

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Why Every Creator Needs an AI Policy for Their Team

By / July 29, 2025

As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly integrated into creative workflows, content creators face a growing need to formalize their internal practices. Even when AI-generated content doesn’t appear in the final product (and the prevailing sentiment among creators generally leans against its use in finished work) most creators or their teams are leveraging AI tools at …

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Registered Agents: The Basics

By / July 16, 2025

Every U.S. company is required by law to designate a registered agent in each state it operates in. However, a registered agent’s role extends past just fulfilling a legal requirement. Why Is A Registered Agent Needed? Registered agents receive: Missing a time-sensitive legal notice can result in default judgments, fines, or administrative dissolution of a …

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VTuber IP 101: Protecting Avatars, Content, and Branding

By / July 9, 2025

One of the most common concerns VTubers have is what intellectual property rights and protections they need to be aware of. We previously wrote briefly about intellectual property rights in VTuber avatars in our “VTubers: Avatars, Anonymity, and Agencies” blog post and about ownership over avatars in Corpo VTuber and Agency relationship in our “Legal …

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