Archives
- 2013.05.23: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Issues Guidance on Virtual Currency
- 2013.05.21: FINRA Levies $9 Million Fine Against Financial Service Company Over Email Failures
- 2013.05.20: UltimatePoker.com: One Million and Counting
- 2013.05.18: Bitcoin Exchange Assets Seized
- 2013.05.17: Around the Virtual World: May 13-17, 2013
- 2013.05.17: Manhattan Bar Accepts Bitcoins as Payment
- 2013.05.16: California Moves One Step Closer to Passing Privacy Bill Requiring a Search Warrant for Providers' Customers' Emails
- 2013.05.09: Games Business & Legal Affairs Event - Register Now!
- 2013.05.02: Augmented World Expo 2013
- 2013.04.22: New-Tech Credit Cards On The Way
- 2013.04.19: DMCA Saves YouTube...Again
- 2013.04.17: GiGse and Social Casino Summit 2013
- 2013.04.16: Mobile Payments Infographic
- 2013.04.12: Safe Tweeting: SEC Provides Guidance on Social Media and Regulation FD Compliance
- 2013.04.05: Global Trademark Search and Application Workshop 2013
- 2013.04.02: SEC OKs Social Media Sites for Financial Disclosures
- 2013.04.01: 2013 World Technology Law Conference & Annual Meeting
- 2013.03.29: Around the Virtual World: March 25-29, 2013
- 2013.03.27: Senate Bill 467 Introduced
- 2013.03.22: Join us at the Game Developers Conference!
- 2013.03.22: FINCEN Issues Virtual Currency Regulations
- 2013.03.21: Register for GSummit 2013 today!
- 2013.03.20: Why You Need a Social Media Audit Now
- 2013.03.20: FTC Updates Mobile and Online Advertising Guidelines
- 2013.03.18: SEC Provides Guidance on Investment Company Social Media Filing Obligations
- 2013.03.18: Game Business & Legal Affairs Conference
- 2013.03.14: Federal Court Sets Guidelines for Denying Attorney-Client Privilege on Communications
- 2013.03.13: National Labor Relations Board on Employer Social Media Policies
- 2013.03.12: PokerStars Puts in Bid to Buy Brick & Mortar Casino
- 2013.03.11: Casinos Go Virtual
- 2013.03.06: 2013 Albrecht Report confirms Major Changes in EU Data Laws - Are You Ready
- 2013.03.01: Pillsbury Rocks Social Media Week in NY and DC - Game On!
- 2013.03.01: NeuroGaming 2013 Conference & Expo
- 2013.02.22: Nevada Legislature Passes Online Poker Bill
- 2013.02.15: Around the Virtual World - February 4-15, 2013
- 2013.02.04: Announcing Social Media Law Event in NY and DC - Game On!
- 2013.02.04: Who wants money for mobile app development?
- 2013.02.01: Around the Virtual World - January 28 - February 1, 2013
- 2013.01.30: Social Media Guidance for Financial Institutions
- 2013.01.29: Act Now
- 2013.01.22: App Privacy
- 2013.01.22: President Signs Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012
- 2013.01.18: Around the Virtual World - January 14-18, 2013
- 2013.01.14: Will Australia Ban Non-Real Money Gambling Apps?
- 2013.01.11: Endorsement-based Advertising Subject to Law Enforcement by FTC
- 2013.01.07: Virtual Goods, Gaming and the Trouble With Secondary Markets
- 2013.01.04: Gambling and Social Games Continue to Unite: Caesars Interactive Entertainment has acquired Buffalo Studios LLC
- 2013.01.03: Suit Over Ownership of Twitter Followers Settled
- 2013.01.03: Annual Games Summit: 2013 International CES
- 2012.12.31: How to Avoid Losing 25% of Your Customers Overnight
- 2012.12.14: Around the Virtual World - December 10-14, 2012
- 2012.12.13: FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs
- 2012.12.11: Social Media and Medicine
- 2012.12.10: Pin to Win - Do's and Don'ts of Pinterest Contests and Promotions
- 2012.12.07: Zynga Prepares to Offer Real Money Gambling
- 2012.12.07: Are you properly disclosing your virtual goods sales?
- 2012.12.05: The Gift that Never Stops Giving: Proposed Changes to Federal Gift Card Law
- 2012.12.03: Facebook Sued for Virtual Currency Monopolization
- 2012.11.30: Around the Virtual World - November 26-30, 2012
- 2012.11.30: Exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- 2012.11.30: Facebook and Zynga Revise Their Agreement
- 2012.11.27: ALL BETS OFF!
- 2012.11.27: Patents are Innovation Currency
- 2012.11.26: James Gatto Discusses Legal Issues With Virtual Currency in Business Models
- 2012.11.20: Can you Really Get a Social Game Patent in Less Than a Year?
- 2012.11.19: Social Gaming Thriving as Online Gambling is Slowed by the Legislative Process
- 2012.11.16: Around the Virtual World - November 12-16, 2012
- 2012.11.13: Does Your Mobile App Provide Reasonable Access to Your Privacy Policy?
- 2012.11.09: Around the Virtual World - November 5-9, 2012
- 2012.11.02: Around the Virtual World - October 29 - November 2, 2012
- 2012.11.01: Pillsbury teams up with App Conference and GMIC
- 2012.10.31: Pillsbury's Team Attends GDC Online for its Tenth Anniversary Edition (and the last year in Austin)!
- 2012.10.26: Around the Virtual World - October 22-26, 2012
- 2012.10.25: Say What? NLRB Provides Guidance For Social Media Policies
- 2012.10.19: Around the Virtual World - October 15-19, 2012
- 2012.09.28: Around the Virtual World - September 24-28, 2012
- 2012.09.21: Around the Virtual World - September 17-21, 2012
- 2012.09.14: Around the Virtual World - September 10-14, 2012
- 2012.08.31: Around the Virtual World - August 27-31, 2012
- 2012.08.29: Around the Virtual World - August 29, 2012
- 2012.08.23: Winning Hand for Poker Advocates
- 2012.08.17: Around the Virtual World - August 13-17, 2012
- 2012.08.10: Around the Virtual World - August 6-10, 2012
- 2012.08.08: New Jersey Sued Over Sports Betting
- 2012.08.03: Around the Virtual World - July 30 - August 3, 2012
- 2012.07.06: Around the Virtual World - July 2-6, 2012
- 2012.06.21: Game Cloning Can be Stopped!
- 2012.06.15: Around the Virtual World - June 11-15, 2012
- 2012.06.11: Top Selling Mobile Educational App Developer Sued for COPPA Violations
- 2012.06.08: Around the Virtual World - June 4-8, 2012
- 2012.06.01: Around the Virtual World - May 28-June 1, 2012
- 2012.05.25: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.05.18: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.05.15: Gamblification Gets Street Cred
- 2012.05.11: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.05.09: Gamblification! The Hottest Trend in Social Games
- 2012.05.01: Convicted Gambler Cries "Fowl" On Definition of Gambling
- 2012.04.23: [EVENT] Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GiGse)
- 2012.04.20: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.04.18: Pinterest-ing!
- 2012.04.13: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.04.11: Viacom Gets a Second Bite at YouTube
- 2012.04.06: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.04.04: Retired NFL Players' Suit Against EA to Continue
- 2012.04.02: Facebook Attempts to Control Use of "Book"
- 2012.03.29: ESA Files Petition Seeking Waiver from new FCC Rules
- 2012.03.23: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.03.21: Violence in Video Games Labeling Act Submitted to House of Representatives
- 2012.03.19: Real People in Video Games: 1st Amendment vs. Right of Publicity
- 2012.03.16: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.03.15: Secrets of the acquisition process from EA and Zynga
- 2012.03.12: SEC's National Examination Risk Alert + Crowdfunding Legislation
- 2012.03.01: Zynga Launches Its Own Game Platform
- 2012.03.01: Gametek Files Complaint Over a Virtual Goods Payment Patent
- 2012.02.29: [EVENT] ABA Forum - Video Games and Digital Media Conference
- 2012.02.29: Think Before You Pin
- 2012.02.17: FTC Reports That Many Mobile Apps May Not Be COPPA Compliant
- 2012.02.14: [EVENT] Game Changers - Strategic Acquisitions of Game Companies
- 2012.02.13: FTC Warns Marketers That Mobile Apps May Violate Fair Credit Reporting Act
- 2012.01.30: In the Game World Imitation is Not Flattery - Its Infringement
- 2012.01.13: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.01.10: SEC to Investment Advisers: Comply or We'll Try!
- 2012.01.06: Around the Virtual World
- 2012.01.05: Fast Track Your Patents
- 2012.01.03: Dog Gone! And their Twitter Followers Too?
- 2011.12.30: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.12.23: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.12.08: The Clones Wars: Zynga Uses Copyright to Protect its Games
- 2011.12.02: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.11.30: Social Gaming and Virtual Goods World 2011
- 2011.11.14: Patent Application Triggers Privacy Inquiry
- 2011.11.04: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.10.28: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.10.14: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.10.12: Carded at the Virtual Door: Distilled Spirits Face New Digital Marketing Guidelines
- 2011.10.07: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.10.05: Supreme Court Inaction a Win for Software Companies
- 2011.09.23: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.09.09: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.09.07: SOCIALIZE West - Monetizing Social Media
- 2011.09.07: NY Games Conference
- 2011.09.07: The Gamification Summit
- 2011.09.07: Digital East
- 2011.09.07: App Conference and Hackathon
- 2011.08.30: Gamification Summit NYC
- 2011.08.26: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.08.23: To the Cloud! Anticipating the Legal Issues in Cloud-Based Gaming
- 2011.08.12: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.08.09: Event Alert: PLI's "Technotainment"
- 2011.08.05: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.07.29: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.07.28: DMCA Thwarts Defendants Game of Hide-and-Seek
- 2011.07.27: Social Media Revolution - 2011
- 2011.07.15: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.07.14: Virtual Property Insurance
- 2011.07.01: Supreme Court Affirms Decision in Brown v. EMA
- 2011.06.29: Canadian Privacy Commissioner to Tech Companies: "Think about privacy before you launch a new application; don't just leave it to luck and the lawyers."
- 2011.06.27: Data on the Effect of the EU Cookie Rule
- 2011.06.24: Massachusetts Department Of Revenue Issues Letter Ruling Holding Certain On-Line Services Not Subject To Sales Or Use Tax
- 2011.06.22: Did Zynga Create the Farm(ville)...or Steal It?
- 2011.06.21: What You Don't Know About IP Protection For Social Games Can Hurt You
- 2011.06.20: Viacom Fighting to Knock YouTube's Ship Out of Its Safe Harbor
- 2011.06.07: Are you Game? GameStop and Virgin Gaming Form Tournament Partnership
- 2011.06.03: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.06.01: Caesars Entertainment Corp. Enters the Social Game Space
- 2011.05.31: National Endowment for the Arts to Provide Grants for Video Games
- 2011.05.09: Video Game Helps Drive Time Warner Earnings
- 2011.05.06: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.04.30: Refresh Your World with Pepsi's Social Vending Machine
- 2011.04.26: This e-Book Brought to You By...What Journalists/Advertisers Need to Know
- 2011.04.22: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.04.16: Feds go "All-in" against Online Poker
- 2011.04.16: Clear Disclosure - That's the Ticket!
- 2011.04.15: Social Media for Nonprofits: Leveraging the Opportunities and Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls
- 2011.04.15: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.04.15: Gamification Everywhere?
- 2011.04.13: You Can't Take It With You - Death and the Virtual World
- 2011.04.09: Don't "Endorse" Deception
- 2011.04.08: Don't Spam My Wall - California Court Rules that CAN-SPAM Act Applies to Social Media Messaging
- 2011.04.01: You Can Disclose (and Know) Too Much - The Dark Side of Social Media
- 2011.03.30: Don't Jack Jill's Pages
- 2011.03.29: Restaurant, Food & Beverage Legal Briefing Series: Top Social Media Legal Issues
- 2011.03.28: AMEX "Serves" Up Digital Payments
- 2011.03.26: Bad App - There's a Lawsuit for That!
- 2011.03.25: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.03.24: Ides of March Brings Another Stab at Facebook, Google, by Wireless Ink
- 2011.02.25: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.02.25: Microsoft Allowed Access to Datel Xbox Discovery
- 2011.02.23: FTC to Review Freemium Model For Social Games
- 2011.02.18: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.02.14: Gamification Law and the FTC
- 2011.02.11: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.02.04: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.02.03: PokerGate - 400 Billion chips Stolen from Zynga
- 2011.01.28: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.01.26: Current Trends in Social Media in the Workplace
- 2011.01.24: Gibson Claims Patent Infringement
- 2011.01.21: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.01.14: What Happens When Social Media Environments Die?
- 2011.01.14: Around the Virtual World
- 2011.01.06: New Survey Ranks Pillsbury Among Top Three in US For Video Game Law
- 2011.01.05: Court enjoins Second Life from taking action on DMCA Take Down Notices, even though Second Life not a party to the lawsuit.
- 2010.12.17: Around the Virtual World
- 2010.12.16: Onlive Says Get Off of My Cloud
- 2010.12.15: Blizzard Beats Bot
- 2010.12.14: BrightKite Checks Out of Check-ins
- 2010.12.10: Around the Virtual World
- 2010.12.04: Viacom, Google Showdown to Continue
- 2010.12.03: Motorola vs. Xbox 360
- 2010.11.30: A Rewarding Experience
- 2010.11.22: Value of a Strong IP Portfolio
- 2010.11.22: Gamification Summit Conference & Workshop in San Francisco on Jan 20 & 21
- 2010.11.22: Patent suit on processing game related transactions
- 2010.11.22: Around the Virtual World
- 2010.11.02: Augmented Reality Legal Q&A
- 2010.11.01: Test Post
- 2010.11.01: Microsoft Cornering The Market On Gestural Recognition Patents?
- 2010.10.29: Everglades Interactive Files Patent Lawsuit
- 2010.10.29: Is Zynga Patenting Virtual Currency?
- 2010.10.25: Apple Gets Game On!
- 2010.10.19: EA Edges Out A Victory
- 2010.09.14: Who Owns Software?
- 2010.09.11: Targeting Facebook and Poptropica Fans
- 2010.09.04: The Future of Imaging
- 2010.08.31: There's No 5th Amendment In Second Life
- 2010.08.16: Blizzard Wins Big Against Unauthorized Secondary Market Provider
- 2010.08.05: Google Saved Again By DMCA - Im"Perfect" Notices Do Not Establish Actual Notice
- 2010.08.03: Xbox Patent Suit Dismissed
- 2010.07.28: Boomshine Boomerangs (Part II) - Court Allows Copyright Complaint Against Facebook to Continue
- 2010.07.27: Disney To Buy Playdom for $563 milion
- 2010.07.26: Virtual Goods Trend -- UP!
- 2010.07.24: French Court Rules eBay is Liable for Counterfeit Sales of Hermes Goods
- 2010.07.24: Facebook Loses Round One Against Power Ventures
- 2010.07.23: Who Owns Bratz - Does Assignment of Inventions Cover Ideas?
- 2010.07.23: Virtual Goods Survey
- 2010.07.16: Augmented Reality Applications for iPhone Surge
- 2010.07.12: German Data Privacy Officials Not Friends of Facebook
- 2010.07.10: Payment Provider Liability for Contributory Trademark Infringement
- 2010.07.07: Criminal Liability for Not Reading or Abiding by Terms of Service?
- 2010.07.06: Pillsbury Expands Its Virtual World Team with High Profile Lateral Hires
- 2010.07.05: FTC Extends Time for Public Comment on COPPA Rule Review
- 2010.07.05: FEDERAL CARD ACT TO IMPACT VIRTUAL CURRENCY MODELS
- 2010.06.28: Supreme Court Broadens the Test for Patentable Subject Matter
- 2010.06.27: Virtual Currency Restrictions Coming to China
- 2010.06.25: Twitter Settles Charges with FTC Over Privacy Issues
- 2010.06.25: Google Prevails in DMCA Safe Harbor Dispute
- 2010.06.24: Amazon Patents Friending?
- 2010.06.05: Actus Sues for Virtual Currency Patent Infringement
- 2010.05.25: 7-11 Takes Big Gulp Of Zynga Marketing
- 2010.05.24: FTC Uses Game to Get Serious About Kids Advertising
- 2010.05.21: Social Gaming 101: The ABCs of Social Gaming
- 2010.05.17: Nickelodoen Launches Virtual Goods Platform
- 2010.05.11: Itechlaw To Form Working Group on Virtual Worlds
- 2010.05.07: U.S. Government Gets in on Virtual Worlds
- 2010.05.04: Second Life Gets Action...Class Action That Is
- 2010.05.03: Zynga Seeks to Shutdown Secondary Market for Virtual Goods and Currency
- 2010.05.03: University Rattled By Dorm Porn Video
- 2010.04.29: Crowdstar Finds Wonderhill's Aquarium Game a Bit Too Fishy
- 2010.04.28: Three Wire Systems, LLC Named Winner of Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge
- 2010.04.28: Law School Virtual Worlds Writing Competition
- 2010.04.27: Boomshine Boomerangs - Files Amended Copyright Complaint Against Facebook
- 2010.04.27: Worlds.com Settles Patent Suit with NCsoft
- 2010.04.26: Supreme Court Enters Video Game Arena
- 2010.04.14: Presentation on Legal Issues with Virtual Worlds and Social Media
- 2010.04.02: Would you sell your soul for a video game?
- 2010.03.15: Virtual Worlds as the Rat Mazes and Petri Dishes of Economics
- 2010.03.14: Virtual Worlds Inching Into Mainstream Consciousness
- 2010.02.14: Investments in Virtual Goods Companies Triple as Virtual Goods Sales Ramp
- 2010.01.07: Virtual World Entrepreneurs, Get Your Copyrights Now!
- 2009.12.28: Second Life Is Changing Its IP Policies
- 2009.12.22: Virtual Goods = Real Lawsuit Against Virtual World Execs
- 2009.12.15: Patent Suit Hits 24 Virtual Worlds, Video Games and Social Networking Sites
- 2009.12.11: FTC Gets Explicit About Virtual World Adult Content
Intellectual Property Protection for Games
Overview of Legal Issues with Virtual Currencies
Pillsbury's Online & Video Games Team