Foley Hoag - Video Games and Interactive Media

Foley Hoag Lawyers in Chambers USA 2010

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:49:44 EDT

Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas retain a number of top rankings in Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has ranked Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas in its 2010 guide. A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts: Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment. The International Arbitration practice is ranked nationally.

Lawyers in Foley Hoag's Video Games and Interactive Media and M&A Practices Congratulate Game Developer 38 Studios LLC for Purchase of Big Huge Games

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:31:10 EDT

Lawyers from the Video Games and Interactive Media and M&A practices of Foley Hoag LLP congratulate our client, Maynard-based 38 Studios LLC, a game development company founded by former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling, for its recent purchase of substantially all of the assets of Big Huge Games, Inc., a subsidiary of game publisher THQ Inc.

Foley Hoag Congratulates its Client, 38 Studios

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:40 EDT

Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client 38 Studios on the cinematic debut of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore.

Business in Gaming Business Plan Competition

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:58:30 EDT

The MIT Business in Gaming Conference and the lawyers at Foley Hoag LLP invite you to participate in our very first Business Plan Competition. This competition is geared towards start-up companies in the video game, interactive media and related industries. We recognize that entrepreneurs face new market realities, challenges and risks and it is Foley Hoag’s commitment to help drive new business within these emerging technologies.

SCVNGR, Inc.

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:04:22 EDT

Our client, SCVNGR, Inc., is a developer of a geo-gaming mobile platform that enables anyone (individual or institutional) to quickly and easily build location-based mobile games, mobile tours, and high-tech interactive real world experiences that can be played by anyone on any mobile device. Dozens of major universities have used the platform at campus orientations, and major companies have used it for team building exercises. The platform has been used by well over 400 clients, with a remarkably high 91% client repeat rate.

Foley Hoag’s lawyers provide SCVNGR with a wide-range of comprehensive legal advice. Recently we represented SCVNGR in a $4 million equity financing involving Google Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. As outside general counsel, we also advise SCVNGR on patent and other intellectual property issues, employment issues, and general corporate matters.

38 Studios

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:06:49 EDT

Foley Hoag represents 38 Studios, LLC, the interactive media and entertainment company founded by former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling. 38 Studios is developing, among other entertainment products, an epic massive multi-player online game based on a proprietary storyline created by New York Times best-selling fantasy and science fiction author R.A. Salvatore, with characters and environment designed by world-renowned illustrator Todd McFarlane.

Foley Hoag provides advice to 38 Studios across a number of legal disciplines. For example, our lawyers represented the company in its most recent equity financingrelated transactions and provided guidance on its organizational structure to facilitate future, tax-efficient financing. We structured and negotiated its acquisition of The Azeroth Advisor and related assets from Mentor Media with an emphasis on minimizing the company’s potential liability. Our lawyers designed the company’s employee equity incentive plan to motivate employees while complying with IRS rules and working with the company’s structure as an LLC. We also developed contest rules for its successful national marketing promotions.

As outside general counsel, Foley Hoag lawyers regularly advise 38 Studios on employment, immigration and intellectual
property matters. When 38 Studios identified key creative talent outside the U.S., our lawyers obtained the necessary work visas to ensure that 38 Studios could hire the best and brightest employees. We negotiated critical inbound game technology licenses for 38 Studios with the industry’s biggest players, leveraging the firm’s deep experience in software and patent licensing. Our lawyers advised the company as to the domestic and international availability of proposed marks, successfully challenged the attempted use and registration of an infringing mark, and devised a strategy that could enable the company to apply for registration of certain marks without disclosing its identity. Finally, our employment lawyers’ counseling has helped 38 Studios maintain ongoing compliance with state and federal employment law.