Posted in 3D Internet, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Practice on September 12th, 2008 No Comments »
I was only able to spend one day at the Virtual Worlds Expo in LA last week, but the big virtual law story was unmistakable: large U.S. law firms are starting to get more involved in 3D internet legal issues. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (sporting a spiffy new logo and single-name branding) drew the most [...]
Posted in 3D Internet, Copyright Law, Linden Lab, Patent Law, Providers, Virtual Law on September 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
A lucky search at the USPTO turned up Patent No. 7,117,136 (.pdf) describing a whole-body input device with built-in force feedback. The patent issued to Second Life founder and former Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale in 2006, and has been assigned to Linden Lab. How does it work? “An input and feedback system for use [...]
Posted in Entropia Universe, Mindark, Providers, RMT/RCE, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on September 9th, 2008 3 Comments »
In a virtual property first, Sweden’s Mindark, creator of the real cash economy-based game/virtual world Entropia Universe is, according to a post at Entropia Forum (which translates a Swedish article), creating wills to allow the inheritance of virtual property. The article also discusses the tax situation regarding gains in Entropia. and notes, for what I [...]
Posted in Second Life, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Practice, Virtual Legal Education, Virtual Worlds & Games on September 7th, 2008 No Comments »
The SL Bar Association is offering a free California CLE seminar in Second Life Tuesday, September 9 at 12:00 Noon, Pacific, at the Association’s in-world headquarters (SLURL). The seminar will focus on trademarks, and will be presented by SLBA President-Elect Stephen Wu (SL’s ‘Legal Writer’). From the seminar description: Three-dimensional virtual worlds such as Second [...]
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