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Licensing & Law Who Owns An Avatar?, Tyler T. Ochoa, Jaime Banks
Licensing & Law Who Owns An Avatar?, Tyler T. Ochoa, Jaime Banks
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Both players and game developers have great influence over how avatars—via their assembled components— manifest in digital game play. Developers craft their foundational platforms and draw on those infrastructures to craft dynamic code that enables movements, appearances, and abilities. But those potentials call into question whether avatars are avatars until they are played—players click avatars into being, customize their bodies and attire, drive their actions and interactions, and sometimes bring them outside the game world through physical representations. So, given avatars’ joint reliance on developers and players, and given legal frameworks such as copyright law, who really “owns” a video …
Vol. Vi, Tab 38 - Ex. 28 - Email From Christopher Klipple, Christopher Klipple
Vol. Vi, Tab 38 - Ex. 28 - Email From Christopher Klipple, Christopher Klipple
Rosetta Stone v. Google (Joint Appendix)
Exhibits from the un-sealed joint appendix for Rosetta Stone Ltd., v. Google Inc., No. 10-2007, on appeal to the 4th Circuit. Issue presented: Under the Lanham Act, does the use of trademarked terms in keyword advertising result in infringement when there is evidence of actual confusion?
Vol. Vi, Tab 38 - Ex. 21 - Email From Christina Aguilar, Christina Aguilar
Vol. Vi, Tab 38 - Ex. 21 - Email From Christina Aguilar, Christina Aguilar
Rosetta Stone v. Google (Joint Appendix)
Exhibits from the un-sealed joint appendix for Rosetta Stone Ltd., v. Google Inc., No. 10-2007, on appeal to the 4th Circuit. Issue presented: Under the Lanham Act, does the use of trademarked terms in keyword advertising result in infringement when there is evidence of actual confusion?