Behind the Screen: Legal issues in the video game industry

Emma C. Smizer | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC.

Emma C. Smizer is an associate in the Interactive Entertainment and Privacy & Data Security Groups at Frankfurt Kurnit. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in U.S. data privacy laws (CIPP/US). Her work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology, assisting interactive entertainment developers and publishers in transactional matters. Ms. Smizer frequently shares insights regarding legal issues within the video game industry on Frankfurt Kurnit’s Technology and IP & Media Law Updates blogs. She also holds a strong passion for offering pro bono support to the trans and non-binary communities of Los Angeles as they navigate the legal name and gender marker change petition process.

I. Intellectual Property | 12:00pm – 12:30pm

• Artificial Intelligence (ownership & infringement)

II. Data Privacy | 12:30pm – 1:00pm

• Age-assurances
• Regulatory actions & enforcement

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

III. Gambling | 1:10pm – 1:25pm

• Lootboxes & platform immunity
• Changes to platform policies

IV. Antitrust | 1:25pm – 1:40pm

• FTC Activision-Blizzard action