Digital gaming
We have a strong association with the digital gaming and interactive entertainment industry being at the very heart of Silicon Spa, a sector which contributes over £2.5bn to the UK economy.
In 2014 the digital sales of games are bigger than the combined digital sales of video and music and the global digital games market is expected to grow to nearly $103bn by 2017.
Warwickshire has a strong and thriving digital gaming sector which currently employs around 13% of the UK's gaming employees and is the third largest gaming hub in the UK after London and Dundee so we are ideally placed to advise local gaming businesses on all their legal needs.
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Case studies
We were instructed by a gaming software developer who was in dispute with a development company in relation to deliverables on representative hardware.
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We are able to advise on the legal and commercial issues affecting the gaming industry including:
- intellectual property protection and enforcement, in particular what can and cannot be protected and what to do if someone threatens your IP
- employee share incentives often through Enterprise Management Incentives, which can help games companies to incentivise and lock-in talent in a way that recognises their cash flow limitations
- publishing, licensing and distribution agreements
- games finance including private equity funding
- data protection and privacy policies
- advertising and e-commerce regulations
- dispute resolution
- employment law
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