Technology is pushing and reshaping the boundaries of the media and entertainment industry and driving the entertainment economy.

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Technology is pushing and reshaping the boundaries of the media and entertainment industry and driving the entertainment economy.

Perkins Coie’s Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports attorneys partner with our established and emerging media, entertainment, and technology clients to capitalize on the digital media, next-generation entertainment, and interactive entertainment innovations dominating the industry. Our attorneys focus on meeting our clients’ business and legal needs by leveraging our collective experience in the transformative convergence of the media and entertainment, gaming, and sports industries.

We are at the forefront of representing some of today’s most innovative content creators, content marketplaces, music streaming services, video streaming services and devices, immersive technology platforms and devices, digital media companies, app developers and publishers, mobile and broadband providers, gaming studios and platforms, regulated gaming platforms, esports providers, social media influencers, brands, and professional teams and leagues. 

Our representation of companies at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology increasingly involves a strategic, multidisciplinary, and cross-functional approach. When our clients make content available in innovative formats or through pioneering technology, our attorneys provide tailored product launch counseling, regulatory review and counseling, technology development and licensing, compliance with platform requirements, drafting of terms of service and privacy policies, privacy compliance, intellectual property protection and enforcement, commercial and IP litigation, counseling on rights, licensing, distribution, and development issues. Our attorneys provide cutting-edge transactional knowledge to clients seeking new production, development, or distribution partners to conceive and finalize complex licensing transactions, multifaceted distribution arrangements, and innovative strategic alliances. Our teams are also highly knowledgeable in mergers and acquisitions, financings, public company markets, cross-border transactions, and other corporate transactions. Working on both the sell-side and buy-side, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) attorneys in our practice bring decades of experience to provide strategic advice to clients. The most significant advantage we offer for industry clients is combining the deal execution experience of our M&A team with the proven capability of our technology transaction and intellectual property attorneys, who have advised gaming clients on hardware and software product launches while managing patent portfolios throughout their careers.

Interactive Entertainment

Our clients include video game publishers, developers and distributors, content marketplaces, software tool developers, streaming platforms, console makers, and other gaming device companies, large and small. We also advise clients in the mobile gaming space, including developers, social media applications, advertisers, advertising networks, and streaming platforms.

Immersive Technology

Our clients include companies exploring immersive technology for gaming, education, healthcare, and beyond. The Immersive Technology industry group recently produced its sixth annual survey findings, the XR Industry Insider Report.

Music, Film & Television

Our clients include music, film, and TV content providers; we are skilled facilitators for their data, digital, and other technology initiatives. Our industry group is deeply dedicated to assisting digital, streaming, and other technology distributors with their music, entertainment, and celebrity-backed initiatives.

Gaming

Our clients include traditional brick-and-mortar companies, emerging digital gaming operators, and companies affiliated with gaming, like payment processors, internet and data service providers, and social media platforms as gaming-related transactions rapidly expand across each company. 

Sports

Our clients include major league teams, franchise owners, stadiums, universities and colleges, and new esports platforms and games.

Perkins Coie’s Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports attorneys partner with our established and emerging media, entertainment, and technology clients to capitalize on the digital media, next-generation entertainment, and interactive entertainment innovations dominating the industry. Our attorneys focus on meeting our clients’ business and legal needs by leveraging our collective experience in the transformative convergence of the media and entertainment, gaming, and sports industries.

We are at the forefront of representing some of today’s most innovative content creators, content marketplaces, music streaming services, video streaming services and devices, immersive technology platforms and devices, digital media companies, app developers and publishers, mobile and broadband providers, gaming studios and platforms, regulated gaming platforms, esports providers, social media influencers, brands, and professional teams and leagues. 

Our representation of companies at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology increasingly involves a strategic, multidisciplinary, and cross-functional approach. When our clients make content available in innovative formats or through pioneering technology, our attorneys provide tailored product launch counseling, regulatory review and counseling, technology development and licensing, compliance with platform requirements, drafting of terms of service and privacy policies, privacy compliance, intellectual property protection and enforcement, commercial and IP litigation, counseling on rights, licensing, distribution, and development issues. Our attorneys provide cutting-edge transactional knowledge to clients seeking new production, development, or distribution partners to conceive and finalize complex licensing transactions, multifaceted distribution arrangements, and innovative strategic alliances. Our teams are also highly knowledgeable in mergers and acquisitions, financings, public company markets, cross-border transactions, and other corporate transactions. Working on both the sell-side and buy-side, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) attorneys in our practice bring decades of experience to provide strategic advice to clients. The most significant advantage we offer for industry clients is combining the deal execution experience of our M&A team with the proven capability of our technology transaction and intellectual property attorneys, who have advised gaming clients on hardware and software product launches while managing patent portfolios throughout their careers.

Interactive Entertainment

Our clients include video game publishers, developers and distributors, content marketplaces, software tool developers, streaming platforms, console makers, and other gaming device companies, large and small. We also advise clients in the mobile gaming space, including developers, social media applications, advertisers, advertising networks, and streaming platforms.

Immersive Technology

Our clients include companies exploring immersive technology for gaming, education, healthcare, and beyond. The Immersive Technology industry group recently produced its sixth annual survey findings, the XR Industry Insider Report.

Music, Film & Television

Our clients include music, film, and TV content providers; we are skilled facilitators for their data, digital, and other technology initiatives. Our industry group is deeply dedicated to assisting digital, streaming, and other technology distributors with their music, entertainment, and celebrity-backed initiatives.

Gaming

Our clients include traditional brick-and-mortar companies, emerging digital gaming operators, and companies affiliated with gaming, like payment processors, internet and data service providers, and social media platforms as gaming-related transactions rapidly expand across each company. 

Sports

Our clients include major league teams, franchise owners, stadiums, universities and colleges, and new esports platforms and games.

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