Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. They call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas They've got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, the weekend-long Omegathon event, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers.

I will be speaking on a panel with Seth Krauss (GC of Take Two Interactive), Greg Boyd (attorney), and Thomas Buscaglia (the self-proclaimed "Game Attorney"). It will be a lively discussion of hot legal issues, including events ripped from the headlines to intellectual property to anything else the audience wants to discuss.

Learn more about Penny Arcade Expo and Registration here: http://www.paxsite.com/registration.php.

Hey everyone, we just wanted to take a moment and give a big THANK YOU to rising 2L GWU law student Jackie Unger, who has been helping out over the summer. All those posts by "Patent Arcade Staff", well, that's Jackie. She's done a tremendous job and, I dare say, learned a thing or two in the process! I think we've even converted her as a gamer, because I loaned her an Xbox360 and haven't seen it since... ;)

Good luck next year!

-Ross & Steve

Well everyone, after four years and hundreds of posts on case updates, legal commentary, gaming news, virtual world IP, and video game patents, The Patent Arcade is proud to relaunch with our new, updated look, and a more user-friendly interface. If you're an RSS reader, please stop by www.PatentArcade.com and take a look at the new site and features. You'll also see new contributors to the site, so keep an eye out for differing perspectives when updates come out.

Thanks everyone for your support over the years. We look forward to continuing on well into the future!

Hey everyone, PatentArcade.com is now on TWITTER! Yep, you can follow us by following GameLawyer at twitter.com, or by selecting the link on the right of the PatentArcade.com home page.

...while I play with layout changes... and NO, there will NOT be advertisements on the blog!

Thanks,

Ross

Well I finally got around to upgrading the blog to Google's new beta service, so we've updated the look and feel a little bit, while keeping the overall simple header theme. New features include the ability to filter posts by labels, better subscription options, and better integration of useful add-ons such as patent searching.

I apologize to anyone who was following the old atom feed, because I think its broken now. We will be updating other broken links as soon as possible, but you will need to resubscribe using the new subscription options.

Thanks for reading!

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We've received a few emails asking why we don't allow open commenting on posts. The short answer is that, at the end of the day, we're attorneys, and there are all sorts of ethical and professional rules we are required to follow under whichever state bars we are admitted. Thus, we don't allow commenting so that we don't violate any state's ethical rules regarding providing legal advice. However, if you have a comment or question, or a suggestion for content you would like to see, please feel free to contact us as above, or direct media inquiries to Colleen Strasser at cstrasser@bannerwitcoff.com or (312) 463-5465.

...And by cast of characters I don't mean Shadow, Speedy, Bashful and Pokey (or their nicknames of Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde). We're all typically Xbox types, but Steve allegedly also has a PlayStation. The primary crew is as follows:

Ross Dannenberg, Esq. (Publishing Editor; Editor, Copyrights & Patents). Gamertag: Aviator. Click here for more information about me.
Steve Chang, Esq. (Editor, Patent Litigation). Gamertag: SChang1038. Click here for more information about Steve.
Rob Katz, Esq. (Editor, Design Patents). Gamertag: FlyersCaps. Click here for more information about Rob.

We have invited others to help us out as well, but we maintain a strict requirement that all editors be gamers as well as IP attorneys. Not only that, you specifically have to beat Steve or me at Halo 2 to become an Editor. Rob got lucky... once. We'll update the cast of characters as applicable.

If there are any topics you'd like to see discussed please send us an email and we'll see what we can do.

-Ross Dannenberg (Aviator), Publishing Editor

Hi there,
The time is 9:47 P.M. on April 5, 2005. It seems overdue, as the idea has been in the works for quite some time, but this marks the (unofficial) launch of the Patent Arcade. My name is Ross Dannenberg, and I am the Editor for the Patent Arcade. The Patent Arcade is a venue providing information regarding Intellectual Property Protection of Video Games, We'll cover console games, computer games, arcade games, game consoles, and everything that has to do with VIDEO GAMES. Issues that we expect to cover include copyright protection, trademark protection, trade secrets, and patent protection of video games. I'll introduce the recurring cast of characters you'll meet in the Patent Arcade in a (hopefully) soon to follow post. For now, welcome to the Arcade, and please feel free to email us with any topics you'd like to see discussed.
-Ross Dannenberg, Editor-in-Chief