Gamedev, gaming and e-sport

We advise video game developers and publishers on a range of legal issues, including capital markets, IP/TMT, data protection, tax law and financing. Our clients also include e-sports organisations and teams, and tool and platform providers.

We help clients to obtain proper IP usage and disposal rights for games. We advise on legal and commercial aspects of conducting business in this industry, including on the GDPR, AML, AI, eCommerce, P2B and cyber security.

We structure and negotiate appropriate funding mechanisms for video game companies. We also advise on the effective use of aid mechanisms and financial support.

How can we help?

Selected projects

Providing ongoing advice to SPiDOR (Association of Producers and Distributors of Entertainment Software)/ISFE (Interactive Software Federation of Europe) on legislation and regulation; legislative monitoring; participating in meetings regarding legislative reforms affecting the most important legal developments for the video game industry, including copyright, digital content distribution, digital service provision, equal pay, freedom of expression, content moderation, etc.
Advising a Japanese AAA game developer on devpub agreements, trademarks and potential copyright infringements
Advising a US online game developer and publisher on intellectual property law, media; drafting an IP acquisition agreement; reviewing advertising and representing a client before an advertising self-regulatory body; advising on advertising ethics; analysing the regulatory environment on age restrictions for ancillary game content; advising on moral rights and combating hate speech and toxicity; representing the client in settlement discussions regarding the use of copyright, trademarks for video game characters; analysing how EU law affects the distribution of digital content in the form of NFTs
Advising an American publisher of AAA games on the possibility of running a virtual casino within the framework of video games

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Advising a Polish AAA game developer on its IP rights, including: drafting and negotiating production and middleware agreements; drafting model agreements to acquire IP rights; advising on trademark law; advising on advertising and marketing law; advising on corporate and employment law
Advising a Polish indie game developer on IP rights, acquiring IP from production participants, and website documentation
Advising a Polish indie game developer on negotiating a contract for porting services for the Nintendo Switch console

Awards

Legal 500 EMEA 2023 recommended SSW in 16 categories: Banking and Finance (Tier 3), Capital Markets (Tier 2), Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Tier 3),Construction (Tier 2), Data Privacy and Data Protection (Tier 3), Dispute Resolution (Tier 3), Energy and Natural Resources (Tier 2), Intellectual Property (Firms to Watch), Investment Funds (Tier 2), Private Client (Tier 1), Private Equity (Tier 2), Public Procurement (Tier 3), Real Estate (Tier 3), Restructuring and Insolvency (Tier 3), Tax (Tier 3), TMT (Firms to Watch).
SSW was recommended by the Media Law International 2023 ranking (Tier 4).
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 recommended SSW in 15 categories: Banking and Finance (Tier 4), Capital Markets (Tier 3), Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Tier 4),Construction (Tier 3), Data Privacy and Data Protection (Tier 3), Dispute Resolution (Tier 4), Energy and Natural Resources (Tier 2), Intellectual Property (Firms to Watch), Investment Funds (Tier 2), Private Client (Tier 1), Private Equity (Tier 3), Real Estate (Tier 3), Restructuring and Insolvency (Tier 3), Tax (Tier 3), TMT (Firms to Watch).
SSW was recommended by the Media Law International 2022 (Tier 4) ranking.
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 recommended SSW in 13 categories: Banking and Finance (Tier 4), Capital Markets (Tier 3), Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Tier 4), Construction (Tier 3), Data Privacy and Data Protection (Tier 3), Dispute Resolution (Tier 4), Energy and Natural Resources (Tier 2), Investment Funds (Tier 2), Private Client (Tier 1), Private Equity (Tier 3), Real Estate (Tier 3), Restructuring and Insolvency (Tier 3), Tax (Tier 3).
Legal 500 EMEA 2020 recommended SSW in 13 categories: Banking and Finance (Tier 5), Capital Markets (Tier 3), Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Tier 4), Construction (Tier 3), Data Privacy and Data Protection (Tier 3), Dispute Resolution (Tier 4), Energy and Natural Resources (Tier 3), Investment Funds (Tier 3), Private Client (Tier 2), Private Equity (Tier 4), Real Estate (Tier 3), Restructuring and Insolvency (Tier 3), Tax (Tier 3).

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