Intellectual Property and Games

Metropolitan Wargamers member Greg Silberman will be presenting a workshop at Templecon on February 5th, 2010.

189 Rules of the Game: Legal Issues in Independent Game Development and Publishing
Friday, February 5th, 5pm- 6pm, Convention Suite 1- Rm. #637.

Led by Patent Attorney Greg Silberman, this workshop provides a basic overview of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, and explains how these various forms of intellectual property apply to the game industry, including examples from boardgames, miniatures, RPG's, and videogames. This workshop program will provide you with a basic understanding of what the legal issues in independent game development and publishing are and how you can protect your own ideas and not infringe on someone else's ideas.

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