#video-game-law

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fromArs Technica
5 days ago

How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?

The problem here is 100% the ability to resell the items from the loot boxes. A loot box/gacha mechanic is fine when you can't turn around and resell the items because you're not getting something of value. When Valve is also providing a marketplace for those items, they've added the third element.
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fromABA Journal
5 months ago

This LA lawyer levels up legal protections in the video game industry

Ryan Morrison leverages his passion for video games to provide legal representation and talent advocacy for streamers and developers through MGL and Evolved Talent Agency.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
5 months ago

Nintendo Patents More Pokemon Mechanics, And It Sucks

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company hold patents on broad monster-taming mechanics that could enable legal action against numerous similar games.
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