Digital Entertainment and Interactive Media
From fast-paced online and video entertainment games to serious simulations used for medical, defense and aeronautic training, Ober|Kaler’s Interactive Media lawyers are at the forefront of the interactive entertainment industry. We understand the industries and trades because we’re part of the forums and associations that drive it. Our attorneys are active in the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), attend industry conferences and serve on Maryland’s Digital Entertainment and Emerging Media Workgroup, created to help position Maryland’s entertainment industry .
Ober|Kaler’s Interactive Media Group provides a broad spectrum of legal services to clients in the entertainment and serious game fields, as well as companies offering social networking and other web-based interactive products and services. Our clients range from game development and social media entrepreneurs just entering the field to established research institutions and international software developers.
Ober|Kaler lawyers are focused on providing robust legal representation to our interactive media clients at every stage – from initial concept to finished product. Whether guiding entrepreneurs entering the field, providing counsel to research institutions or seeking global protection for a new product offered by an international software developer, we are committed to helping our clients capture the full potential of their technology.
We also collaborate with Ober|Kaler lawyers from other practice groups to offer the full range of legal services – including tax, corporate, litigation and finance – that interactive media clients may require as their companies grow and mature. This allows us to provide a holistic approach to legal representation and offers clients significant management and operational cost efficiencies.
Among the services we offer are:
- Negotiation with investors, joint venturers and strategic partners
- Intellectual property clearances
- Negotiation with talent representatives, content providers and software developers
- Preparation and negotiation of acquisition, licensing, reselling and publishing agreements
- Patent, trademark and copyright protection
- Licensing
- Litigation support
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