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Gaming Legal News - April 11, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 9

In This Issue: - MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD APPROVES ATHENS ACQUISITION TRANSACTION: At its April 9 monthly meeting, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) approved Athens Acquisition LLC’s acquisition...more

Gambling and Social Games Continue to Unite: Caesars Interactive Entertainment has acquired Buffalo Studios LLC

According to a report on Inside Social Games, Caesars Interactive Entertainment has acquired Buffalo Studios LLC, a social and mobile games developer most known for its Bingo Blitz and Bingo Rush....more

Competition Bureau Statement On Acquisition Of Alliance Films

Further to Michael's post pointing out that the Competition Bureau has issued a "No Action" letter in respect of the proposed acquisition of Alliance Films Holdings Inc. by Entertainment One Ltd., a merger of the two largest...more

What's The Deal?

What better way to kick off 2013 than with kind of a big deal! eOne just announced this morning that the Competition Bureau will not stand in the way of its planned acquisition of Alliance Films....more

Life After Patchak: What Does It Mean For Tribal Gaming in California?

Originally published in Riverside Lawyer, October 2012. The tribal gaming industry received a blow from the United States Supreme Court right before the high court ended its session for the summer. Whether the blow is...more

Lessons For Investors From the Facebook IPO

Lessons For Investors From the Facebook IPO by Dan Brecher on May 28, 2012 Facebook highlights one of the most significant risks of pre-IPO investing—the value of the stock can go down as well as up. While Facebook’s...more

May 8, 2012 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

Be on guard or pay the price

Imagine a business that hires an employee who brings with him computer programs he wrote for his prior employer, which he offers for use at his new employer. The new employer incorporates and uses those computer programs in...more

IP in (Canadian) Business Transactions

A good understanding of the intellectual property rights (IPRs) transferred or licensed in a commercial transaction is fundamental in ensuring that the intellectual property dealt with in the transaction is properly...more

Digital trends and Their Licensing Implications

Some of the trends in the digital world in the next (Chinese) year and their implications for licensing....more

We Are Living in an Immaterial World

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) recently announced its "acquisition" of the typographic "@" symbol. This unprecedented move marks a significant step into the unexplored realm of "acquiring" non-physical objects. As...more

Lions Gate Denies Bankruptcy Claim

Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who is trying to buy out Lions Gate Entertainment Group, says that the company may be on the verge of bankruptcy. This allegation was vehemently denied by the movie studio who emphasized...more

Coments to Portuguese Labour Code (Dec Law 7/2009)

Coments to Portuguese Labour Code (Dec Law 7/2009)

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Intellectual Property News- Spring 2010

IN THIS ISSUE: Function Follows Form-Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants After Company Acquisition May Hinge on Structure of the Deal; Federal Circuit Holds USPTO Miscalculating Patent Term Adjustments; Big 12 Expansion (of...more