International Summit
on the Law and Business
of Video Games

Speakers > Roxanne E. Christ, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Participating In:

Roxanne E. Christ

Contact Information
Tel: +1.213.891.8300
E-mail: roxanne.christ@lw.com

Education

JD, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1985
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982

Bar Qualifications

Ms. Christ is qualified to practice before the California bar.

Areas of Expertise

Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Christ’s practice focuses on intellectual property and media transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property portfolios; commercial loans secured by copyrights, patents and trademarks; securitizations of receivables arising from copyrighted works; and licensing and strategic alliance agreements. Ms. Christ has represented companies in a variety of industries, including developers, publishers and operators of video games, online games, virtual worlds and social networking sites. She has extensive experience guiding clients through children’s online privacy issues; data collection, usage and sharing; user-generated content ownership, licensing and infringement matters; virtual currency; digital wallet and ecommerce matters; and the placement of and revenue sharing from in-game advertisements.

Ms. Christ was recently named to the Legal 500 US: Volume II - Intellectual Property, Media, Technology & Telecoms. Ms. Christ is Co-Chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Special Committee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds. Ms. Christ is also an adjunct professor of the Laws of Video Games and Virtual Worlds at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Recent Client Matters

Major U.S.-based video game publisher and online game operator—Counseling and advice

Webkinz – Counseling and advice

Negotiating and documenting distribution agreements with Electronic Arts on behalf of Hong Kong-based game company

Represented seller in sale of Club Penguin to The Walt Disney Company

Recent Publications

• Co-Author, “Clean Games,” Los Angeles Lawyer (Entertainment Law issue), May 2008
• “Intellectual Property in Secured Lending Transactions,” Chapter 9, IP in Secured Lending Transactions, State Bar of California 2008
• “Virtual Worlds: Personal Jurisdiction and Click-Wrap Licenses,” Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, January, 2008.
• “Social Networking Sites: To Monitor or Not to Monitor Users and their Content,” Hollywood Reporter Esq., April 24, 2007 and Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, July, 2007.
• “Milne v. Slesinger Case Note,” UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Spring, 2007.
• “Marketing is a Game Too,” a chapter in Business & Legal Primer for Game Development, edited by S. Gregory Boyd and Brian Green, published by Delmar Learning /Charles River Media, November, 2006.
• “Online Intellectual Property Contracts: The Major Minor Problem,” Hollywood Reporter Esq., September 5, 2006.
• “Brand New Game: Burgeoning In-Game Ad Market Raises Interesting Legal Issues,” Adweek, August 21, 2006.
• “The Collection and Use of Player Information and Gameplay Data in Online Video Games,” BNA Privacy and Security Law, August 7, 2006.
• “Winnie-The-Pooh: New Limits on Authors and Their Heirs to Reclaim Transferred Copyrights,” Latham & Watkins Client Alert, July 19, 2006.

Speaking Engagements

Ms. Christ’s upcoming and recent speaking engagements include:

• Moderator, “BreakOut: Where Artists Go Digital--Living in a Virtual World,” Always, Beverly Hills, December 16, 2008
• “Bringing Movies into Virtual Worlds,” Virtual Worlds Conference: September 4, 2008, Los Angeles, California • Co-Chair, Gamer Technology Law, Law Seminars International: October 11-12, 2007, Seattle, Washington.
• Panelist, “Video Games: Property and Privacy,” The 2007 IP and the Internet Conference, a program by the Copyright and Computer Law Subcommittees of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California: August 27, 2007, Santa Monica, California; and August 28, 2007, San Francisco, California.
• Panelist, “Wealth of Virtual Nations,” State of Play V: August 20-22, 2007, Singapore.
• Keynote Speaker, “Legal Issues Affecting Social Media,” Social Media Symposium, Kellogg School of Management, Media Management Center: May 9, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
• Panelist, Intellectual Property/Intangible Assets: Growth of a New Asset Class, The Milken Institute Global Conference: April 25, 2007, Los Angeles, California.