16 Apr, 2024 UK video games consumer market valued at £7.82bn in 2023 By Charles Purdie Last week, Ukie (the UK's video games and interactive entertainment trade body) published its Consumer Market Valuation Report, valuing...
06 Feb, 2024 Pokémon v Palworld - inspiration or infringement? By Charles Purdie It is sometimes said that there is a fine line between taking inspiration from another’s work and infringement of intellectual property...
21 Sep, 2023 Will Microsoft’s call of duty to restructure Activision deal pay off? By Stephen Smith Victoria Yuan Matthew Hunt James Johnston +1 more... Show less Stephen Smith, Victoria Yuan, Matthew Hunt and James Johnston discuss the CMA's Phase 1 review of the Microsoft/Activision restructured...
03 Apr, 2023 Apple's challenge of CMA's mobile browsers / cloud gaming investigation bears fruit By Matthew Hunt Back in January I summarised the procedural challenge Apple had made against the CMA's decision to carry out a market investigation into...
30 Mar, 2023 New ICO guidance on services 'likely to be accessed by children' By Faye Harrison The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new, draft guidance regarding when an information society service is 'likely to be...
20 Feb, 2023 ICO boosts Children's Code with walkthrough for game developers By Michael Edgar On 15th February 2023, the ICO published 'Top Tips' to help game designers/developers comply with its Age Appropriate Design Code (also...
24 Jan, 2023 Apple seeks to block CMA’s cloud gaming market investigation By Matthew Hunt On Friday it emerged that Apple is challenging the CMA’s decision to carry out a market investigation into browsers and cloud gaming...
21 Nov, 2022 Bob Iger back at the helm of Disney! By Bristows In a remarkable turn of events, former Disney CEO Bob Iger, was announced yesterday as the new CEO of Disney, returning to replace Bob...
17 Nov, 2022 Panel discussion on AI and IP By Victoria Rodriguez On Tuesday evening, Bristows hosted an IPSoc panel discussion on AI and IP. We were lucky to have a dreamy panel consisting of: Jacob...
07 Nov, 2022 The metaverse and the law – an article series By Bristows Lawyers Over the past seven weeks or so, we have released fourteen articles which discuss a variety of real-world legal issues and how they might...
03 Nov, 2022 Working in the metaverse - what employers need to know - Bristows By Bristows Lawyers The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the move towards more flexible ways of working around the world. With more employees working from...
27 Oct, 2022 Data protection in the metaverse By Bristows Lawyers The metaverse offers a wealth of potential avenues for data collection and exploitation by platform providers. However, the scope and use...