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Apple caught in Australian watchdog ‘error 53’ sting alleging staff misled customers over free repairs
Court documents claim staff allegedly misled investigators about rights to free repairs or a replacement
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Pokemon Law
Russian blogger sentenced after posting video online of himself playing Pokemon GO in a church
Ruslan Sokolovsky found guilty of insulting religious believers and inciting hatred
Patent Battle
Chinese court overturns iPhone 6 ban that could have barred sales in the country
Beijing Intellectual Property Court rules in favour of Apple
Improbable King
King's Chief Legal Officer Robert Miller leaves to join SpatialOS developer Improbable
Taking over as Chief Legal Officer at the startup tech firm
Safe For Kids
Kid-friendly ad platform TotallyAwesome raises $2 million
Set to launch PopJam in Australia and Southeast Asia
All About Export
A history of South Korea's tough anti-gambling laws and why devs are looking to crack overseas markets
Byung Hyuk Kim shares a legal history of social casino in South Korea
Laying Down The Law
Game development law 101
Russells Solicitors' Marine Cabour on the basics
Crying Out
Former Crytek employee launches crowdfunding campaign to sue developer for unpaid wages
Claims no one has been paid for two months
Two Games, One Kingdom
NCsoft files lawsuit against Netmarble over alleged Lineage IP infringement
MMORPG Aden stood to benefit from Lineage likeness
Pokemon No
Outraged Pokemon GO players have been filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission
Users ticked off with bans and trespassers
Uniting People
Unity appoints Ruth Ann Keene as new General Counsel
Leading the global legal team
Poke-pests
Niantic and Nintendo facing another lawsuit because of Pokemon GO players
Cussing and looking in windows
Not In My Backyard
Nintendo and Niantic facing lawsuit over Pokemon GO trespassers
Is Pokemon GO encouraging trespass, and is it profiting from it?
Small Print
What are the legal implications of Pokemon GO's success?
Ryan Garcia ponders the phenomenon
Choked By Bureaucracy
Chinese government's new mobile game approval rules already drawing the ire of indies
Indie devs take aim at SAPPRFT regulations
Privacy Breach
InMobi fined $1 million for tracking children's location without consent
FTC punishes Singapore ad firm for breach of COPPA
Dotted Lines
How legal issues in Japan could seriously disrupt your plans for overseas expansion
David McCarthy on cultural differences
London Law
Miniclip's lawyer Brian Chadwick leaves to head Cooley's European Digital Media Practice
His work there is done
Lawyered
Video: David Hoppe on the future of law for F2P games
Both in the US and the EU
Ceasefire
Machine Zone drops trade secret lawsuit against Kabam
Machine Zone says its fears have been "allayed"
Clone Wars
Scott Cawthon files subpoena to expose fake Five Night's at Freddy's 4
So-called "Lazada Polodi" ripped off successful franchise on iOS
Red Tape Battles
Is EU Commissioner Ansip Europe's last hope for future Minecrafts and Mojangs?
Looking for a coherent regulatory framework
Cash In
Rovio wins $4.2 million in toy vending machine copyright dispute
Counterfeit Angry Bird toys spark legal battle
Clean Noses
10 top legal tips for F2P game developers
Jas Purewal give tip-top advice
Cheque Book
Facebook taken to court over F2P in-game purchases
Out-of-pocket parents are angry
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Mobile Mavens
[Updated] Mobile Mavens on their hopes and fears for 2015
From smartwatches and YouTubers to UA, clones and HTML5
New Rules
Free-to-play is a legal minefield, warns top video game lawyer
How will EU regulation affect mobile?
Consumer Rights
Apple announces 14 day returns policy for App Store purchases in Europe
EU forces new policy
Mobile Mavens
2014 in Review: Mavens on Flappy Bird, fetishisation of the underdog, regulation, end of the gold rush, and moving beyond mobile
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Oh deer: Glu sues Hothead Games for 'copying' Dear Hunter 2014
Alleges Kill Shot is a direct rip off
FTC fines TinyCo $300,000 over COPPA data violations in pre-2013 games
Beware the kids
King triumphs in 6waves legal dispute, Chinese firm pulls 'clones' from sale
Treasure Epic and Farm Epic are no more
Video
Hannu Partanen on legal stuff that matters for games companies
Fondia lawyer gives basic advice
Apple and Samsung agree to halt all patent battles outside of the US
European stalemate
Artist files lawsuit after claiming her trademarked 'Angry Birds' IP was sold to Rovio illegally
Fight the power
Mobile Mavens
Was the ASA right to call out EA on F2P?
And how many acronyms can we get in one headline?
Monetizer Mavens
On the balance F2P designers tread between encouraging players to pay and manipulation
The Monetisation Maven ponder ethical boundaries
Opinion
ASA's Dungeon Keeper ruling risks opening up a nasty can of worms
How long is too long to wait for a base upgrade?
Dungeon Keeper accused of misleading ad as ASA investigates EA
Giant has knuckles lightly rapped
ZeniMax files suit against Oculus for misappropriating trade secrets
IP dispute heads to courts
CandySwipe and Banner Saga trademark disputes resolved with King
Peace in the realm?
Samsung’s used aggressive marketing, not imitation, to top Apple
Need to beat Cupertino giant was a 'survival strategy'