Computer Games

Marriott Harrison's lawyers have experience of advising on computer games going back to the birth of the industry in the early 1980s. We advise leading publishers and a number of important developers.
The work undertaken by the Media & Technology team in this area includes advising on development agreements, digital distribution, localization, end-user licence agreements, merchandising agreements, licensing, and publishing agreements.

Our extensive experience in negotiating many big budget development agreements with most of the leading publishers means that we have the knowledge and ability to assist both developers and publishers with these, and all other issues that may arise in this area.

Recent work in this area includes:

• Generally retained to advise NCsoft on a host of agreements including its international distribution agreements for all of its multi-player online games including Guild Wars and its software development agreements.
• Advising Bin Weevils (online 3D virtual world which includes multiplayer games) in relation to its Intellectual Property.
• Advising Foundation 9 on its UK acquisitions including Sumo.
• Acting for a number of games developers in relation to publishing agreements.