State of Play V: Speakers' Bios

Profile

Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Christ's practice focuses on intellectual property and media transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property portfolios; commercial loans secured by copyrights, patents and trademarks; securitizations of receivables arising from copyrighted works; and licensing and strategic alliance agreements.

Ms. Christ has represented companies in a variety of industries, including video game development and publishing, social networking sites, music, print publishing and software.  

Ms. Christ was recently named to the Legal 500 US: Volume II - Intellectual Property, Media, Technology & Telecoms. She is an Adjunct Professor of Video Game Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and regularly provides pro bono services to StoryCorps, creator of Sound Portraits.

Recent Work

• Harrah's Entertainment - Transaction with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for branding and operation of Caesars Windsor Casino
• Sony Pictures Entertainment - Acquisition of Grouper Networks
• Konami Digital Entertainment - Acquisition of Blue Label Interactive
• Game Show Network - Outside Services Agreement
• Mattel - Acquisition of Radica Games Ltd.
• Harrah's Entertainment - Licensing World Series of Poker to AOL Games Portal
• Amp'd Mobile - Licensing music and television content from MTV Networks for Amp'd's mobile virtual network operator platform
• Vivendi Games - Sales of Knowledge Adventure, Papyrus Studios, Heritage Quest; renegotiation of distribution agreement with Shiny Studios; general advice and counseling
• Educate, Inc. - Acquisition of Reading Rainbow public television series
• Yucaipa Companies - Potential investment in entertainment industry assets

Recent Publiations

• "Milne v. Slesinger Case Note," UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Winter 2007
• "Social Networking Sites: To Monitor or Not to Monitor Users and their Content," Hollywood Reporter Esq., April 24, 2007
• "Marketing is a Game Too," a chapter in Business & Legal Primer for Game Development, edited by S. Gregory Boyd and Brian Green, published by Delmar Learning /Charles River Media in November 2006
• "Video Game Law Series:  Substantive Legal Issues" (Part 3 of 3), September 14, 2006, available through the Latham Network
• "Online Intellectual Property Contracts: The Major Minor Problem," Hollywood Reporter Esq., September 5, 2006
• "Brand New Game: Burgeoning In-Game Ad Market Raises Interesting Legal Issues," Adweek, August 21, 2006
• "Video Game Law Series: Review of Common Video Game Industry Agreements" (Part 2 of 3), August 10, 2006, available through the Latham Network
• "The Collection and Use of Player Information and Gameplay Data in Online Video Games," BNA Privacy and Security Law, August 7, 2006
• "Video Game Law Series - Video Game Industry Overview and Revenue Sources" (Part 1 of 3), July 14, 2006, available through The Latham Network