Intellectual Property

Fox attorneys are strategic allies to gaming industry innovators. We help clients protect and maintain their IP assets, including for new games and gaming products. Our sophisticated level of IP fluency makes us adept at handling all stages of patent work — application preparation and prosecution — related to gaming software, systems and inventions. Our representations include the selection, searching, registration, enforcement and defense of trademarks in the United States and abroad.

  • Prosecuted U.S. and international patents related to industry compliance testing systems, inventory analysis methods and component verification systems for gaming equipment
  • Regulatory counsel for Seminole HR Holdings, LLC (Hard Rock) on $150 million acquisition of intellectual property in 2016
  • Recent software-related patent experience examples
    • 10,242,532 – Blackjack Gaming System (Double-Back Jack, LLC)
    • 10,176,443 – Method and System for Dispatching of Vehicles in a Public Transportation Network (Conduent Business Services LLC)
    • 10,127,598 – Recommendation System Based on Group Profiles of Personal Taste (RingIT, Inc.)
    • 10,117,303 – Method and System for Controlling Functionality of Lighting Devices from a Portable Electronic Device (Cooper Lighting LLC)
    • 10,097,904 – Automated Allocation of Media Campaign Assets to Time and Program in Digital Media Delivery Systems (Optimized Markets, Inc.)
    • 10,021,109 – Providing Proximity Based Guest Access to Network of Resource Devices (Xerox Corp)
    • 9,942,255 – Method and System for Detecting Abusive Behavior in Hosted Services (Google LLC)
    • 9,955,444 – Data Synchronization across Multiple Devices Connecting to Multiple Data Centers (PubNub, Inc.)
    • 9,563,720 – Matching Users of a Network Based on Profile Data (WeSpeke, Inc.)

Our team serves as counsel to a variety of video and social gaming companies, including those specializing in social media game apps, in various corporate, IP and litigation matters. Our representations span developers, publishers, VARs and distributors. We also counsel clients in the development, distribution, and licensing of software, computer games and other technology.