Intellectual Property reports and market data
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2 game industry reports, presentations and talks about intellectual property from writers such as AEVI, newest from 2025. Every document has a summary and key insights with the page they come from.
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AEVI Guides- Videogames and intellectual and industrial property
The guide aims to equip video-game developers and publishers with practical knowledge for building a robust intellectual-property (IP) portfolio that safeguards creative assets and minimizes infringement risk.
- Under Spanish law, studios must secure written, exclusive, and worldwide copyright assignments from employees to ensure full exploitation rights, as initial authorship remains with the creator.
- Copyright protection for game components like source code, scripts, and soundtracks arises automatically upon creation and lasts for 70 years after the author's death or 70 years from disclosure for collective works.
- Trademarks, which require filing with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office or the EUIPO, provide renewable ten-year protection terms and are critical for securing brand identity.
AEVIJan 2025
Report16 pages
Guías AEVI: Propiedad intelectual e industrial
The guide aims to equip video-game developers and publishers with a practical framework for safeguarding the creative and technical assets that constitute a game’s intellectual and industrial property.
- Spanish law does not recognize the 'work-for-hire' doctrine, meaning developers must secure explicit written assignments of exploitation rights in all employment and service contracts to ensure legal ownership of creative assets.
- Copyright protection for video game elements arises automatically upon creation and lasts for 70 years after the author's death, or 70 years from disclosure in the case of collective works.
- Trademark protection requires formal registration and provides 10-year terms that are renewable indefinitely, while industrial design protection for GUIs lasts for five-year periods, renewable up to a maximum of 25 years.
AEVIJan 2025