Andrea Rizzi spoke at the Regional International Conference – “Intellectual Property (IP) in the Digital Economy for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): Conference on IP and Interactive Entertainment” organized by WIPO
24 OCTOBER 2018
Andrea was invited by the World Intellectual Property Organization to the Regional International Conference – “Intellectual Property (IP) in the Digital Economy for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): Conference on IP and Interactive Entertainment” held in Bucharest and organized by WIPO in cooperation with ORDA (the Romanian Office for Copyright), OSIM (the local State Office for Patents and Trademarks), the Romanian American University in Bucharest and Law Firm of Pantea Cezar Marius, to speak alongside Professor David Greenspan, from Santa Clara University, on the role of videogame publishers and developers, legal and business issues relating videogame development & distribution agreements, the US right of publicity and Its EU equivalent right, as well as on legal issues arising with the adoption of new monetization models including “free to play” models, in-game microtransactions and loot boxes.
The event was an amazing opportunity to speak about video game law in front of policy makers from different countries and to hear some really interesting talks on intellectual property law and gaming regulations as these apply to videogames and gambling products and services and on the future of the gaming industries.
You can access a copy of the program here and read more about the conference here.
