Video Game Law for the Non-Game Lawyer

Zachary Strebeck
Zachary Strebeck
Legal Moves PC

Zachary Strebeck is a California video game and board game lawyer, and founding attorney of Legal Moves PC, a game-centric law firm. Zachary has represented game clients for more than a decade, from solo indie game studios to film to video game licensing deals with budgets approaching $100 million.

Jacob Vela
Jacob Vela
Argo Law

Jacob Vela graduated from Willamette University College of Law and has focused his practice, Argo Law, on supporting game developers and other creatives with questions on intellectual property, contract, business, and other issues. He is also a game developer, so he aims to use his understanding of the practical needs of game developers to help with their legal and business needs.

On-Demand: January 7, 2026

2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

As the video game industry continues to grow year over year, the need for counsel familiar with the specific issues game developers and publishers face is also growing. This CLE program will give an in-depth analysis of video game legal concepts and dive into some of the nuances that make the industry unique. The perfect guide for the practitioner who wants to represent game clients but doesn't know where to begin.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Video game studio formation issues
  • Intellectual property basics for games, from concept to registration to enforcement
  • Game contracts analysis and negotiation points for clients on both sides of typical deals
  • eSports, gambling, privacy, and other games industry issues

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Zachary Strebeck | Legal Moves PC

Zachary Strebeck is a California video game and board game lawyer, and founding attorney of Legal Moves PC, a game-centric law firm. Zachary has represented game clients for more than a decade, from solo indie game studios to film to video game licensing deals with budgets approaching $100 million. He’s appeared on his own Legal Moves podcast and has been featured in the LA Times and other media, as well as being a featured speaker at Gen Con and numerous game conventions and podcasts.

 

Jacob Vela | Argo Law

Jacob Vela graduated from Willamette University College of Law and has focused his practice, Argo Law, on supporting game developers and other creatives with questions on intellectual property, contract, business, and other issues. He is also a game developer, so he aims to use his understanding of the practical needs of game developers to help with their legal and business needs. He has been a guest on the Freaking Cool Indies podcast as well as presented with Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

 

Agenda

I. Video game studio formation issues | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

II. Intellectual property basics for games, from concept to registration to enforcement | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

III. Game contracts analysis and negotiation points for clients on both sides of typical deals | 2:10pm – 2:40pm

IV. eSports, gambling, privacy, and other games industry issues | 2:40pm – 3:10pm

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