Who owns in—game items and how international legislation relates to them, – says in his column for App2Top.ru Alexey Vikharev, lawyer at VERSUS.legal.

With App2Top.ru representatives of the Mirage group contacted. They declared the legality of removing the Atomic Heart trailer from Mundfish and revealed how the situation with the trailer looks from their side.

In the final article on jurisdictions for doing business, VERSUS.legal examines the conditions for opening and operating a business in Ireland.

The VERSUS.legal law firm continues a series of articles on jurisdictions for doing business. She examines the conditions for opening and operating a company in the most popular regions and tries to answer frequently asked questions about relocation. This time we are talking about the state of Delaware.

This article is the first of a series of reviews of jurisdictions for doing business from the VERSUS.legal law firm. It deals with the conditions for opening and doing business in Cyprus, the country that first comes to mind for Russian businessmen who think “where can I open a company outside the CIS?“.

Throughout March, there was an active discussion in Russian educational circles about the law on the regulation of educational activities. Despite the fact that scientists and artists opposed it with a united front, it was first adopted by the State Duma, and yesterday, March 31, the Federation Council also approved it. This means that the law will most likely come into force very soon (unless the president refuses to sign it, which is unlikely). We…

What to do if you need to protect yourself from copying the name of the game and cloning it, — says in his column for App2Top.ru Nika Vartanova, lawyer at VERSUS.legal.

Stream/podcast on a legal topic. Together with Roman Lukyanov, managing partner of Semenov &Pevzner, we discuss numerous lawsuits against CD Projekt, as well as the desire of the Ministry of Health to suspend the circulation of violent video games in Russia.

New changes in American legislation are designed to toughen penalties for illegal streaming of content (including video games). Now violators can face up to 10 years in prison. Against this background, many began to worry that streamers would face criminal prosecution.This became known from the new amendments to the Law on Consolidated Appropriations for 2021, which provides government funding for federal projects and institutions.

What legal issues should you pay attention to when releasing the game, — he said Anton Wise, Legal Advisor at Alawar.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a large-scale report on the largest legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

For the second time, Russian deputies postponed the date of entry into force of the law on mandatory software pre-installation. This time it was postponed until April 1, 2021 and a number of clarifications were made to the document.At the last meeting, which was broadcast on the website of the lower house of Parliament, an important clarification was adopted.

Yesterday it became known about a package of amendments to the law on the rights of the child. According to him, the Ministry of Health proposes to allow the examination of computer games for the threat to the mental health of children. We asked Roman Lukyanov, Managing Partner of Semenov &Pevzner Law Firm, to comment on this initiative.

The Ministry of Health of Russia is preparing a package of amendments to the law on the rights of the child. The innovations will make it possible to conduct an examination of computer games for the “possible risk to the mental health” of children. If such a risk is detected, the games will be banned for distribution.

Starting next year, it will be impossible to sell equipment in Russia without pre-installed browsers, messengers, antiviruses and many other programs. Today, the government announced a list of applications and devices that fall under this law.The resolution, which appeared today on the legal information website, was signed by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.

The package of measures that should help the Russian gaming industry raises questions for two reasons. First, there is no original document in the public domain. The available formulations are complex and contradictory. Secondly, if you dig into them, then the main and obvious beneficiary in them looks like Mail.Ru Group.

The Ministry of Digital Development has prepared a package of 88 measures that can help in the development of Russian IT. A separate block of measures is dedicated to the gaming industry.

It is still unclear which programs and how they should be installed on the devices.

The gaming industry continues to grow. Along with it, the number of disputable situations in the market is also increasing. It is not surprising that more and more law firms are turning their attention to the gaming business as their field of activity. We have written about Dentons and Semenov&Pevzner more than once before. Today it became known about the similar ambitions of the VERSUS.legal law firm.