Legal Challenge 2023

To compete in Legal Challenge V, please fill in the registration form here. Each competing team also pays a non-refundable registration fee of €50 (payment instructions are emailed after the registration). The registration closes on 25 February 2022.

Legal Challenge gives students and young graduates a unique chance to apply their professional knowledge in the games industry law, and to the 4 teams that qualify to the semifinals – the opportunity to meet in person some of the most talented legal and business development professionals from the international games industry around the world.

All members of the 4 teams that qualify to the semifinals of Legal Challenge will have their registration fees for the Games Industry Law Summit Vilnius 2022 paid in full by the organizers (€900 per person), and will enjoy full access to the event, including the Formal Dinner, as well as have their stay at the local hotel fully covered for the 3 nights of the event. During the award ceremony, each member of the 4 teams receives the custom-made commemorative trophies.

We welcome both students and graduates; therefore, the team does not necessarily have to be related to any university. Furthermore, the team can be composed of students and graduates from different faculties or universities.

We encourage you to form and administer the teams on your own. However, if you would like to have someone mentoring you through the Challenge, this is allowed. The designated coach may attend the semifinals, but will not be permitted to plead.

In the first part of the challenge, the teams are expected to submit a memorandum for claimant and a memorandum for respondent; in the second part, 4 teams that receive the highest score for the first part will take part in oral pleadings.

What do lawyers and pirates have in common? Apart from an impeccable taste in fashion, both are often called to navigate uncharted waters. So, what is the final frontier? Space for pirates and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for lawyers, of course. This year we enter stable orbit around an emerging issue within the context of video game development: copyright and NFTs. The two teams will navigate murky contractual arrangements and—inescapably—squabble over intangible ownership. The teams will also test the boundaries of current copyright laws, determine ownership of works created while in employment, assess the scope of derivative works and trademark protection.