Legal Challenge 2019

APRIL 30, 2019 (Tuesday)

17:00-19:00
LEGAL CHALLENGE 2019 TEAM DINNER

Trattoria da Flavio (floor 2). Invitation-only.

18:00-20:00
LEGAL CHALLENGE 2019 JUDGE DINNER

Trattoria da Flavio (floor 1). Invitation-only.

MAY 1, 2019 (Wednesday)

08:00-09:00
Coffee, tea, snacks available pre-trial
09:00-12:00
LEGAL CHALLENGE 2019 SEMIFINALS (2 hearings running in parallel)

Presidential Hall. Oral pleadings. Open access for attendees of the Summit.

12:00-13:00
LUNCH

Restaurant Telegrafas at Grand Hotel Kempinski. Complimentary for teams and judges. €20 per person for anybody else who wishes to join.

13:00-16:00
LEGAL CHALLENGE 2019 FINALS

Presidential Hall. Oral pleadings. Open access for attendees of the Summit.

Summit Program

MAY 1, 2019 (Wednesday)

15:00-18:00
PRIVATE WORK GROUP [FULL]

Invitation-only work group for general counsels. Please note that this group is already fully booked and we cannot accept any additional participants, sorry.

19:00-22:00
MEET & GREET DINNER

Telegrafas Restaurant (Kempinski). Cold and hot food, beer, wine, champagne. No dress code. Flexible arrival time.

PANELS/PRESENTATIONS

  • REGIONAL UPDATES (3 hours)
    Moderated by Sergei Klimov. Australia: Michael Boughey. Belgium: Bart De Moor and Marie Keup. Germany: Konnie Ewald. Italy: Andrea Rizzi. Iran: Nima Abdollahzade. Japan: Arata Nomoto. Russia: Vladislav Arkhipov. South Korea: Brian Chung.
  • THE GREAT PANEL OF CHINA (1 hour)
    Moderated by Katya Nemova with contributions by Jack Chen, Tomas Pattloch, Tracey Tang and Emi Zhao.
  • LOOT BOXES AND OTHER F2P MECHANICS (2 hours)
    Moderated by Paul Gardner with contributions by Brian Tae-Hyun Chung, Graham Hann, Sean Kane, Bart De Moor, Arata Nomoto, Alexandre Rudoni.
  • ME-TOO GAMES (1 hour)
  • UGC (1 hour)
  • USING REAL-LIFE OBJECTS IN VIDEO GAMES (1 hour)
    Moderated by Sean Kane with contributions by Paul Gardner, Arata Nomoto, Karin Pagnanelli, Gregor Schmid.
  • ADDRESSING PLAYER TOXICITY BY LEGAL MEANS (1 hour)
    Moderated by Roman Zanin with contributions by Brian Chung, Konstantin Ewald, Tom Harding, Marc Mayer, Canon Pence.
  • ESPORTS: THE VALUE CHAIN AND OTHER ISSUES (1 hour)
    Moderated by Paul Gardner with contributions by Brian Chung, Vanessa Pareja Lerner, Alexandre Rudoni, Ross Sylvester.
  • GAMES LAWYERS DEATHMATCH (CHOOSING APPLICABLE LAW) (1 hour)

Legal Run 2019

MAY 2, 2019 (Thursday)

06:45-08:00
LEGAL RUN 2019

Start and finish at the Kempinski. Energy shorts provided at start (lobby area), water provided at finish (lobby area). 50 runners from around the world will compete in a relay race in teams of 5 up and down the Hill of Three Crosses. A no-show results in a €35 charge for your custom t-shirt (you get to keep the shirt). Schedule: 5 min intro, 20 min warm-up run, 5 min stretching. 10 min team selection, 20 min relay race, 10 min cool-down run back

Summit Program

MAY 2, 2019 (Thursday)

08:00-09:00
MORNING COFFEE: SPECIALTY COFFEE, TRADITIONAL & HERBAL TEAS, HOME-MADE ICE-CREAM. GRANOLA BARS WITH HONEY, CROISSANTS WITH CHOCOLATE.

Presidential Hall

09:00-09:15
OPENING CEREMONY

Sergei Klimov (Producer at Charlie Oscar, Vilnius, LT)

09:15-10:00
INTRODUCING: CANADA

Ryan Black (Partner at McMillan, Vancouver, CA)

10:00-10:30
UPDATE: KOREA

Brian Tae-Hyun Chung (Partner at Kim & Chang, Seoul, KR)

10:30-10:45
INTRODUCING: NETHERLANDS

Olivier Oosterbaan (Partner at LMO Advocaten, Amsterdam, NL)

10:45-11:00
UPDATE: FRANCE

Andrea Dufaure (Associate at Allen & Overy
Paris, FR), Geoffroy Pascaud (Associate at Allen & Overy
Paris, FR)

11:00-11:15
INTRODUCING: ITALY

Andrea Rizzi (Partner at Insight Studio Legale, Milan, IT)

11:15-11:30
UPDATE: TURKEY

Ali Topkar (Managing Partner at KGT Law Office
Istanbul, TR)

11:30-11:45
UPDATE: JAPAN

Arata Nomoto (Partner at City-Yuwa Partners, Tokyo, JP)

11:45-12:00
ISLAM & GAME MECHANICS

Nima Abdollahzade (Legal Counsel at IRCG, Tehran, IR)

12:00-13:00
LUNCH

Telegrafas Restaurant (Kempinski).

13:00-14:00
UPDATE: CHINA

Thomas Patloch (Partner at TaylorWessing, Munich, DE).

14:00-14:20
UPDATE: GERMANY

Claas Oehler (Partner at IHDE, Berlin, DE)

14:20-14:40
UPDATE: BRAZIL

Vanessa Pareja Lerner (Partner at DCA, São Paulo, BR)

14:40-15:00
INTRODUCING: CYPRUS

Yiannis Karamanolis (Partner at Chrysostomides, Nicosia, CY), Alexandros Georgiades (Partner at Chrysostomides, Nicosia, CY).

15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK: SPECIALTY COFFEE, TRADITIONAL & HERBAL TEAS, HOME-MADE ICE-CREAM. HUMMUS, PUMPKIN PIE, PAPRIKA BRUSCHETTA, FRUIT SKEWERS.

Presidential Hall

15:30-16:00
UPDATE: USA

Karin Pagnanelli (Partner at MSK, Los Angeles, USA), Marc Mayer (Partner at MSK, Los Angeles, USA).

16:00-16:30
DSM DIRECTIVE

Konni Ewald (Partner at Osborne Clarke, Cologne, DE).

16:30-17:15
COPYRIGHT IN THE DSM DIRECTIVE

Presented and moderated by Ted Shapiro (Partner at Wiggin, Brussels, BE). Panelists: Jan-Peter Ewert (Business/Legal at Valve, Hamburg, DE), Christian-Henner Hentsch (Legal Counsel at GAME, Berlin, DE).

17:15-17:30
LEGAL CHALLENGE 2019 AWARD CEREMONY

Presented by Remigijus Šimašius, the Mayor of Vilnius and Karin Pagnanelli, Presiding Judge LC2019.

17:30-17:45
COFFEE BREAK: A VERY SHORT COFFEE BREAK (JUST TEA & COFFEE)
17:45-18:30
LEGAL DEATHMATCH V2.0

Moderated by Tobias Schelinski (Partner at TaylorWessing, Hamburg, DE). Participants: Brian Tae-Hyun Chung (Partner at Kim & Chang, Seoul, KR), Jas Purewal (Partner at Purewal & Partners, London, UK), Karin Pagnanelli (Partner at MSK, Los Angeles, US), Mike Turner (Partner at TaylorWessing, London, UK), Nic Murfett (Director & Counsel, International Legal and Business Affairs at T2 International, London, UK), Rafal Kloczko (Chief Counsel at CD PROJEKT RED, Warsaw, PL), Vladislav Arkhipov (Of Counsel at Dentons, St. Petersburg, RU), Kostyantin Lobov (Senior Associate at Harbottle & Lewis, London, UK).

19:30-22:00
FORMAL DINNER

Presidential Hall (Kempinski). Seating arrangements in tables of 6. Candle lights. Dress code: formal (shirts, jackets, dresses; ties are optional). Cold and hot food, desserts. Beer, wine, champagne, specialty drinks, teas and coffees.

MAY 3, 2019 (Friday)

09:00-10:00
MORNING COFFEE: SPECIALTY COFFEE, TRADITIONAL & HERBAL TEAS, HOME-MADE ICE-CREAM. FRESHLY BAKED CROISSANTS, CUPS OF FRUIT SALAD.

Presidential Hall

10:00-10:45
F2P MONETISATION CHALLENGES

Presented and moderated by Paul Gardner (Partner at Wiggin London, UK). Panelists: Katya Nemova (Deputy General Counsel at Wargaming Vilnius, LT), Chia-Chi Li (Attorney at Tencent, Shanghai, CN), Canon Pence (General Counsel at Epic Games, Cary, US), Janne Salminen (Senior Legal Counsel at Rovio, Espoo, FI).

10:45-11:15
DEALING WITH PARTNERS WHO ENTER INSOLVENCY

Presented by Bart De Moor (Partner at Strelia, Brussels, BE) with contributions by Claas Oehler (Partner at IHDE, Berlin, DE).

11:15-12:00
GDPR UPDATE

Axel von Walter (Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT, Munich, DE) with contributions by Darya Firsava (IP Counsel at Wargaming, Nicosia, CY) and Willy Duhen (Senior Legal Counsel at Activision Blizzard, London, UK).

12:00-13:00
LUNCH

Telegrafas Restaurant (Kempinski).

13:00-13:30
UPDATE: UK

Jas Purewal (Partner at Purewal & Partners, London, UK).

13:30-14:15
M&A IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY

Presented by Mike Turner (Partner at TaylorWessing, London, UK) and moderated by Sergei Klimov (Producer at Charlie Oscar, Vilnius, LT). Panelists: Sung-Uk Park (Attorney at Kim & Chang, Seoul, KR), Ciaran Hickey (Corporate Partner at Wiggin, London, UK).

14:15-15:00
GAMING ADDICTION/GAMBLING MECHANICS

Presented and moderated by Graham Hann (Partner at TaylorWessing London, UK). Panelists: Marc Mayer (Partner at MSK Los Angeles, US), Brian Tae-Hyun Chung (Partner at Kim & Chang Seoul, KR), Giulio Coraggio (Partner at DLA Piper, Milan, IT).

15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK: SPECIALTY COFFEE, TRADITIONAL & HERBAL TEAS, HOME-MADE ICE-CREAM. HUMMUS, PUMPKIN PIE, PAPRIKA BRUSCHETTA, FRUIT SKEWERS.

Presidential Hall

15:30-16:00
CROSS-REGIONAL FIRESIDE CHAT

Moderated by Sergei Klimov (Producer at Charlie Oscar, Vilnius, LT). Panelists: Anastasiia Chuvaeva (IP Counsel at Wargaming, Kyiv, UA), Michael Boughey (Special Counsel at HWL Ebsworth, Brisbane, AU), Vladislav Arkhipov (Of Counsel at Dentons, St. Petersburg, RU), Przemysław Walasek (Partner at TaylorWessing, Warsaw, PL), Matúš Tutko (Attorney, Ambruz & Dark Deloitte Legal, Prague, CZ).

16:00-16:45
ADVERTISING TO MINORS

Presented and moderated by Sean Kane (Partner at Frankfurt Kurnit, New York City, USA). Panelists: Brian Tae-Hyun Chung (Partner at Kim & Chang, Seoul, KR), Vanessa Pareja Lerner (Partner at DCA, São Paulo, BR), Sarah MacDonald (Senior Associate at Wiggin, London, UK).

17:00-17:15
A VERY SHORT COFFEE BREAK (JUST TEA & COFFEE)

Presidential Hall

17:15-18:00
CLONES: PRACTICAL ASPECTS

Presented by Jennifer Kelly (Partner at Fenwick & West, San Francisco, USA) and Jas Purewal (Partner at Purewal & Partners, London, UK) with participation of Katya Nemova (Deputy General Counsel at Wargaming, Vilnius, LT).

18:00-18:15
CLOSING CEREMONY

Sergei Klimov (Producer at Charlie Oscar, Vilnius, LT)

18:15-22:00
INFORMAL DINNER

Presidential Hall (Kempinski). Cold and hot food, beer, wine, champagne. No dress code. Flexible departure time. Those who need to leave the event earlier to catch their flights can start with the dinner as soon as from 17:00.