topics in-game-purchases 
IP Tech Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Several platforms urgently need to change their game mechanics to comply with new rules. Virtual currency is staple fodder in the world of gaming in order to purchase more “lifes”, items of assistance or time to complete a level. It is this crossover with the real world that has caught the regulator’s attention.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Several platforms urgently need to change their game mechanics to comply with new rules. Virtual currency is staple fodder in the world of gaming in order to purchase more “lifes”, items of assistance or time to complete a level. It is worth noting that this Guidance has not amended the Codes.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 17, 2022
Roblox has an in-game currency, Robux. Users can manufacture virtual items in-game, and other users can buy those items using Robux, with Roblox taking a cut of the transactions. Liability would instead attach for Roblox’s own failure to disclose that it can delete previously purchased items with no warning. Section 230.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Fortnite offers for purchase an emote called “ It’s Complicated ” that consists of 16 counts of choreography, of which Hanagami claims 4 counts are copied from his video. This opinion forces the court to address the boundaries of choreographic copyright, a lightly litigated topic. The video got 36M views.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2022
Mark has drawn a great deal of attention as a character in the show. Between him coming out as gay, being identified as a gifted student, bringing a knife to school and, in a recent episode, becoming dependent upon drugs to do well in school, the 14-year-old character has received a great deal of focus and attention through the show’s four seasons.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 29, 2023
Introduction The efforts of the game developing companies in making the virtual spaces have ample scope for fostering the gamers’ innovation for birthing new creations has induced the development of the million-dollar gaming industry. Mods are separate creations of the game and can be accessed without logging into the game.
The TTABlog
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark LETTERS & NUMBERS (in standard character form) on the Supplemental Register, finding it to be generic for printed and electronic publications "in the field of educational and entertainment materials targeted to children on the topic of alphanumeric characters and symbols."
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