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By Bob Tarantino
October 22, 2013
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  • Video Games
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A couple of noteworthy recent publications relating to the Canadian video game industry:

  • the Entertainment Software Association of Canada has released the final version of its report Canada’s Video Game Industry in 2013 (prepared by Nordicity) (further info from ESAC available here)
  • the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently released The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches, which includes a discussion of the treatment of videogames under Canadian copyright law
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Bob Tarantino is Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP and focuses his practice on the interface between the entertainment industries and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on film and television production, financing, licensing, distribution, and IP acquisition and protection. His clients range from artists and independent producers to Canadian distributors and foreign studios and financiers at every stage of the creative process, from development to delivery and exploitation.

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