Law Seminars International Presents

From software development to use of personalities in games . . . A Conference on

Gamer Technology

Game Content, Access, Complex Licensing and Intellectual Property

March 11 & 12, 2004
Westin Hotel in Seattle, WA
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Who Should Order Homestudy

Intellectual Property, entertainment law and transactional attorneys, business development executives, operating officers, in-house counsel and anyonei nvolved with game software development, publishing, licensing and intellectual property issues.

Why Order

"The universe of video games is not just for kids in arcades anymore. From software development to use of personalities in games, gamer technology law requires specialized knowledge on the part of industry executives and the attorneys who represent them. Corporate development and operations officers doing the yeoman’s work within their companies to develop, publish, finance,and protect their intellectual property need a solid working knowledge of the business and legal factors necessary when negotiating the maze of production. Attorneys involved in the transactions of gamer technology need to hone their skills in the realm of game content, access and under-standing complex licensing and intellectual property issues.This conference features leading industry professionals and practitioners discussing first amendment content and access issues, intellectual property issues, financing and major new convergences between the video game industry and Hollywood, the wireless industry, the Internet and interactive devices." ~ Program Co-Chairs: Liam B. Lavery, Esq., and Richard R. Rohde, Esq.

What You Will Learn

Emerging business and legal issues in video games including:Trends in Regulating and Litigating Video Game Content and Access, How to Prepare for Funding, Finding the Money, Protecting the Investment, Next-Generation Contracts, Licenses, Brands, Patent and Copyrights, Convergences of Video Games and Hollywood, the Internet, Wireless and Interactive Devices

Agenda

Thursday, March 11, 2004
8:30 am Introduction and Overview
  Liam B. Lavery, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP / Seattle, WA
  Richard R. Rohde, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Perkins Coie LLP / Seattle, WA
8:45 am Trends in Regulating Video Game Content and Access
  Emerging legislative trends; sex and violence and how much is too much; balancing content, access and free speech; challenges to Washington laws restricting content and access
  Paul J. Lawrence, Esq.
 Preston, Gates & Ellis / Seattle, WA
  Gail Markels, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel
 Entertainment Software Association / NY, NY
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Trends in Litigating Video Game Content and Access
  Deanne E. Maynard, Esq.
 Jenner & Block / Washington, DC
11:15 am Preparing for Funding
  Pitching the idea; forming strategic alliances; software development agreements for video game developers and distributors; evolving publishing relationships; publisher advances
  Donald Karl, Esq.
 Perkins Coie LLP / Santa Monica, CA
12:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm Finding the Money
  Mergers and acquisitions; small company financing; crafting and executing your successful rollup strategy
  Warren Gouk, CFA, Vice-President
 Cascadia Capital / Seattle, WA
  Protecting your investments: Insuring against financial disaster between the development phase and putting the product on the shelf
  Clyde M. Hettrick, III, Esq.
 Pasich & Kornfeld LLP / Los Angeles, CA
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Next-Generation Contracts, Licenses, Brands, Patents and Copyrights
  Video game patents: procuring, protecting, registering and avoiding infringements
  Christopher Daley-Watson, Esq.
 Perkins Coie LLP / Seattle, WA
  Understanding copyright issues; work-for-hire rules; mod games; ownership and derivative rights; limits of IP protection for games; when can they be stopped?
  Jim I. Charne, Esq.
 Law Offices James I. Charne / Santa Monica, CA
  Complex licensing; franchising; celebrity contracts; use of personalities in games; royalty agreements
  Keith Boesky, Esq.
 International Creative Management / Beverly Hills, CA
  Shelly Gayner, Esq., Director, Legal & Business Affairs
 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. / Foster City, CA
5:15 pm Reception for Faculty and Attendees

Friday, March 12, 2004
8:30 am Convergences
  Moderators
  Liam B. Lavery, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP / Seattle, WA
  Richard R. Rohde, Esq., Program Co-Chair
 Perkins Coie LLP / Seattle, WA
  The convergence of video games and Hollywood; application of technologies
  Hubert Cheng, Esq.
 Microsoft Corporation / Redmond, WA
  Joanna Alexander, Co-founder and Co-CEO
 Zombie Studios / Seattle, WA
  Glenn C. Schroeder, Esq.
 Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP / Seattle, WA
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Convergences
  The convergence of video games and wireless technology
  Byron Springer, Esq., Vice President/Chief Counsel Mobile Multimedia Services
 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. / Redmond, WA
  The convergence of video games and the Internet; Internet tournaments
  Garry Kitchen, Founder, President, and CEO
 Skyworks Technologies, Inc. / Hackensack, NJ
  The convergence of video games and interactive electronic devices
  Don Daglow, President and CEO
 Stormfront Studios / San Rafael, CA
  The convergence of video games and Interactive Devices
  Reed Hinkel, Vice President, Business Development
 Oregan Networks America / Austin, TX
12:00 pm Lunch (On your own)
1:15 pm Ethics
  Representing the company without alienating your business contact or compromising the business relationship; negotiation tactics and ethical conduct; negotiation with the other side and unrepresented parties; protecting client confidences and secrets
  Kraig Baker, Esq.
 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP / Seattle, WA
2:15 pm Adjourn

Cancellation

There is a $25 cancellation fee for Course Materials orders and $50 for Homestudy orders

Continuing Education Credits

Law Seminars International self-certifies CLE credits for Washington, California, and Alaska. For other locations, we automatically seek CLE credit approval for the state in which a seminar is held. On request, we will apply for credits from other bar associations or the accrediting bodies for other professions. The current credits status for this program is WA CLE 11 inc 1 ethics (#116559) | CA MCLE 11.25 inc 1 ethics | NY CLE 13 inc 1 ethics (nontransitional) | OH CLE 9.5 inc 1 ethics | PA CLE 11 inc 1 ethics (#58867) | VA CLE 9.5 inc 1 ethics

Cost

Our complete Homestudy Course, consisting of a VHS or DVD recording and the written course materials, is available for $905. The course materials alone are available for $100. We will ship your homestudy order via UPS ground within two weeks after the seminar or the date we receive payment (which ever is later).
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Faculty Bios

Liam B. Lavery, Program Co-Chair, a partner with Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, conducts a varied intellectual property practice. In addition to licensing transactions for the retail, wholesale and customized software markets, he has negotiated numerous agreements for online businesses. Mr. Lavery assists many clients from outside the high-tech arena with their entry into the online world of information and commerce.

Richard R. Rohde, Program Co-Chair, is a partner with Perkins Coie with a practice emphasis on technology, licensing, patent portfolio management, private financing and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rohde is a frequent guest lecturer on intellectual property, licensing and outsourcing. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named as a Washington Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics.

Joanna Alexander is Co-CEO of Zombie, Inc., an industry-leading independent developer of action games for Xbox, PS2, PC, PS1 and Dreamcast.

Kraig Baker is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. His practice includes drafting and negotiating video game development contracts, publishing and consulting agreements, music recording contracts, talent agreements, live event contracts, television, film, theatre, and event production contracts.

Keith D. Boesky formed the Video Game Department at International Creative Management, which translates games to film and brings film and television talent to games. He has been the principal of Boesky & Company with clients including Universal Studios, Paramount Studios, Squaresoft and The Upper Deck Company, and Apple Computers. He has served as President of Eidos and practiced law at Cooley Godward.

James I. Charne is an attorney representing developers, designers, and all talent in all aspects of the interactive games, music, and entertainment industries. He writes a monthly column for the online newsletter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA.org) and has served as the President and Executive Director of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Don L. Daglow is President and CEO of Stormfront Studios, which develops award winning entertainment products for PS2, Xbox, PC and interactive TV. Mr. Daglow designed and programmed the first-ever computer baseball game, now in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the first simulation game and the first original play by email game in 1989.

Christopher Daley-Watson is a partner with Perkins Coie, with a practice emphasis on patent procurement, intellectual property law and software, business methods, and design protections. He is a frequent guest speaker and has authored on topics related to patents and emerging companies, electronic commerce, and Internet copyright and business issues.

Warren Gouk is Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for Cascadia Capital LLC. He also is Co-Head of the Physical Security Industry Practice Group. Prior to joining Cascadia Capital, he was in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Prudential Volpe Technology Group.

Reed Hinkel is Vice President of Business Development for Oregan Networks America. He develops business engagements for Oregan technology with consumer OEM’s in the Americas and coordinates all stages of the project from conception and partner identification through to contract negotiation and post sales business support.

Don Karl is a partner in the Santa Monica office of Perkins Coie, with a practice emphasis on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic relationships, venture capital as they relate to entertainment, game and technology businesses.

Garry Kitchen, Founder, President, and CEO of Skyworks Technologies, Inc., has a lifetime of achievement as an inventor, entrepreneur and designer of interactive entertainment. Over the last 20 years, Mr. Kitchen has created interactive entertainment products for a wide variety of technologies ranging from video game consoles, to personal computers and to the Internet.

Paul Lawrence, a partner with Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, concentrates his practice on complex appellate and civil litigation, including environmental, commercial, technology and constitutional matters in federal and state courts. He chairs the firm’s Appellate Practice Group, having prevailed in numerous appeals principally in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Washington Supreme Court.

Gail Markels is Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Entertainment Software Association where she is responsible for managing all legal issues affecting the organization as well as state public policy issues.

Deanne E. Maynard is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Washington, DC office. She is a member of the firm’s Media and First Amendment, Litigation, and Appellate and Supreme Court Practices. Ms. Maynard has successfully challenged local ordinance restricting violent video games and successfully defended video game companies against tort claims allegedly arising from school shooting incidents in Colorado and Kentucky.

Glenn C. Schroeder is a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, where he practices in the transactional areas of intellectual property law (particularly copyright), Internet and multimedia productions. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Community Television of Southern California, which owns KCET/Los Angeles.

Byron Springer is Vice President/Chief Counsel, Mobile Multimedia Services at AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. where he supports AT&T’s newly established Mobile Multimedia Services group in developing and bringing to market multimedia content, applications and services over existing and next generation wireless data networks.