Casual Games Association Conference: East 2006

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Casual Games Association Conference East 2006

• 16-18 ??????, ????

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International Business Standards?????????
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Speakers (???????)

• Konstantin Nikulin, Intenium GmbH
• Geschäftsführer (????????)
• Ernie Ramirez, Reflexive Inc.
• CFO (?????????? ????????)
• Kenny Rosenblatt, Arkadium
• CEO(????????)
• Alexander Kolosovski, Intl Legal Counsels
• Partner (???????)
• Sergey Avetikov, IT Territory
• Legal Counsel (?????)
• ????????? Alla Khramtsova, Absolutist Ltd
• Director of Sales Marketing (???????? ??
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Intellectual Property (IP) Rights?????
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• What rights of IP exist?
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• Where to look for the IP right conditions in the
  contract?
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• What are the specific features of various types
  of contracts NDA, outsourcing, licensing,
  publishing, reselling?
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Intellectual Property (IP) Rights?????
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• How and where to register a trademark, in what
  countries it should be done?
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• Can a trademark belong to different owners in
  different countries?
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• What are the rights for domain names in US,
  Europe, Ukraine, Russia (.eu, .ua, .ru)?
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  ??????(.eu, .ua, .ru)?

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Intellectual Property (IP) Rights?????
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• Can I use licensed software in game production?
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• Any problems with open source licenses? Any other
  legal restrictions?
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Intellectual Property (IP) Rights?????
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• How to competently terminate a license contract
  if the partner doesnt carry out obligations
  properly?
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• How to protect a new game idea, when you present
  it to a potential publisher or partner?
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  ?????????

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Finance ?????????? ???????

• What taxes are usually withhold on international
  contracts?
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  ????????????? ???????????
• How to overcome double taxation?
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• Sales to end customers how to accept payments?
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Game Cloning ???????????? ???

• Clones and derivatives whats the difference
  between them?
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• Is cloning legal?
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• What do they mean by the same look feel?
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  ????????

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Game Cloning ???????????? ???

• What problems arise with usage of algorithms,
  game rules, names, look and feel of the existing
  games?
• ????? ????????? ???????? ??? ?????????????
  ??????????, ??????? ??????, ????????, look and
  feel ???????????? ????
• Is it possible to let out games with rules of
  Tetris? Why?
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Game Cloning ???????????? ???

• How to protect a brand?
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• Is there a way to purchase brand?
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Game Cloning ???????????? ???

• Does making new ports for games on other
  platforms (handhelds, mobile) means sharing of
  the original IPs with the company that ports?
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  (???, ?????????) ?????????? ????????
  ????????????? IP ??????? ?????????-?????????????
  ? ?????????, ??????? ????????? ?????????????

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Any questions??????? ?????? ???????
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Speakers (???????)

• Konstantin Nikulin, Intenium GmbH
• Geschäftsführer (????????)
• Ernie Ramirez, Reflexive Inc.
• CFO (?????????? ????????)
• Kenny Rosenblatt, Arkadium
• CEO(????????)
• Alexander Kolosovski, Intl Legal Counsels
• Partner (???????)
• Sergey Avetikov, IT Territory
• Legal Counsel (?????)
• ????????? Alla Khramtsova, Absolutist Ltd
• Director of Sales Marketing (???????? ??
  ?????????? ?