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State of Play VI: Speakers' Bios

Roxanne E. Christ
 Roxanne E. Christ
Partner
 Intellectual Property, Media and Technology
Technology Transactions
Venture and Technology
Latham & Watkins, LLP
 

Profile

Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. 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. Ms. Christ is Co-Chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds. She is also an adjunct professor of the Laws of Video Games and Virtual Worlds at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and regularly provides pro bono services to StoryCorps, creator of Sound Portraits.

Ms. Christ's Clients have included Brash Entertainment, Gigamedia, New Horizon, Inc., Konami Digital Entertainment, Mattel, Amp'd Mobile, and Vivendi Games.

Selected Publications
  • Virtual Worlds: Personal Jurisdiction and Click-Wrap Licenses (Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, January 2008.)
  • Social Networking Sites: To Monitor or Not to Monitor Users and their Content (Hollywood Reporter Esq.)
  • "Marketing is a Game Too," a chapter in Business & Legal Primer for Game Development, edited by S. Gregory Boyd and Brian Green (Delmar Learning /Charles River Media, 2006)
  • Video Game Law Series (Latham & Watkins)
    • Video Game Industry Overview and Revenue Sources (Part 1 of 3), July 14, 2006
    • Review of Common Video Game Industry Agreements (Part 2 of 3), August 10, 2006
    • Substantive Legal Issues (Part 3 of 3), September 14, 2006
  • 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)
  • The Collection and Use of Player Information and Gameplay Data in Online Video Games (BNA Privacy and Security Law, August 7, 2006

 
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