James will be sharing first-hand knowledge of the key China regulations circulating around:

1. ISBN/Copyright registration and Apple China policies
2. Game IP protection in china
3. Some insight regarding the tax policies in China such as VAT and Withholding Tax

"Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves". The recent events in the games industry showed that guarding personal data and the systems that hold them is as just as critical as collecting it in first place. Join us to hear more about new regulations around the globe, including:

• CCPA
• GPPR
• 152-FZ

Speakers:
Nicole Quilfen, Director of Strategy, Mediartis
Leena Kuusniemi, Special Advisor, Digital and Tech, Fipra
Hila Pilcer, General Counsel, Crazy Labs


Moderator:
Ekaterina Smirnova, Partner, Semenov & Pevzner

On the 12th of July 12 2020, a new EU regulation bringing significant new rights for European game developers and publishers against game distribution platforms came into effect. Among other things, the new rules will create limitations for the ways games can be removed from digital distribution platforms operating in Europe, forcing these platforms to build internal complaint handling mechanisms, and introducing new mandatory requirements on notifying game developers and publishers beforehand on any upcoming changes in terms and conditions.

The rewiew of current problems related to privacy, including overview of complaints related to violation of privacy requirements by mobile games/applications distributors/mobile marketing agencies and analytic services. How to integrate privacy decision in mobile app. Some cases with summer up of tendencies and new features. Recomendations how to behave and how to avoid problems. General tendencies of global privacy climate and how it can impact the business activity and change the market.

It is clear that the games industry is becoming an increasingly regulated environment. This presents both challenges and opportunities. This session will look at the different ways in which this is happening and how the industry and companies within it will need to adapt and respond.

Children's data shall be handled with due care and require special protection. At the same time, a childhood in the Internet is a new experience. Therefore, business should design its services and implement respective safeguards to reduce possible negative impact on children's privacy. Certain recommendations are in place to handle the issue.

Speakers:
Vasilii Zhelnin, Legal Counsel, Playrix
Evgeniya Matveeva, Deputy Head of Legal, Innova

Toussaint will talk about Relevant Forms of Intellectual Property Protection for Video Games, Key US Patent Issues, Operational Game Considerations, Key Functional Aspects of Video Games and Game Patenting Trends.