Roxanne E. Christ

Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. She is Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions practice. Ms. Christ’s practice focuses on intellectual property, technology and media transactions, including both US-based and cross-border acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property portfolios; commercial loans secured by copyrights, patents and trademarks; securitizations of receivables arising from copyrighted works; and licensing and strategic alliance agreements; and purchases, sales and restructurings of technology and media assets in bankruptcy. Ms. Christ has recently handled matters on behalf of Sonova Holdings, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Avery Dennison Corporation, RHI Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Sony Online Entertainment, Harrah’s Entertainment, New Horizon Interactive (former owner of Club Penguin), Ganz (owner of Webkinz), Perfect World Entertainment, Gigamedia Limited, Saban Capital and Yucaipa Companies as well as numerous investment banks, commercial banks and private equity funds.

Ms. Christ was recently recognized in the 2008 and 2009 Legal 500 US guides as a leading attorney in Technology, video and online gaming corporate advice and the Legal 500 US: Volume II - Intellectual Property, Media, Technology & Telecoms. In the 2009 Chambers US guide, Ms. Christ is considered by clients to be one of the leaders in the burgeoning video game industry.” Ms. Christ is Co-Chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Special Committee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds.

Ms. Christ's recent publications include:

• Co-Editor, Computer Games and Virtual Worlds, A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law, American Bar Association (2010)
• "Clean Games,” 31 (3) Los Angeles Lawyer 42 (2008)
• “Intellectual Property in Secured Lending Transactions,” Chapter 9, Intellectual Property in Business Transactions, State Bar of California, April, 2008
• “Virtual Worlds: Personal Jurisdiction and Click-Wrap Licenses,” Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, January, 2008
• “Social Networking Sites: To Monitor or Not to Monitor Users and their Content,” Hollywood Reporter Esq., April 24, 2007 and Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, July, 2007
• “Milne v. Slesinger Case Note,” UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Spring, 2007
•  “Marketing is a Game Too,” a chapter in Business & Legal Primer for Game Development, edited by S. Gregory Boyd and Brian Green, published by Delmar Learning /Charles River Media, November, 2006
• “Online Intellectual Property Contracts: The Major Minor Problem,” Hollywood Reporter Esq., September 5, 2006
•  “Brand New Game: Burgeoning In-Game Ad Market Raises Interesting Legal Issues,” Adweek, August 21, 2006
  
• The Collection and Use of Player Information and Gameplay Data in Online Video Games,” BNA Privacy and Security Law, August 7, 2006
  

Ms. Christ's recent speaking engagements include:

• Speaker, “Mining Your Own Business:  Data Ownership in the Wired and Wireless Worlds, A Lawyer’s Perspective,” TTI/Vanguard Conference, San Francisco, California, February 23-24, 2010
• Moderator, “Financing Video Games,” International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games, SMU Dedman School of Law and The Guildhall at SMU, January 2010, Dallas, Texas
  
• Speaker, "Play Machinima Law," Stanford Law School, April 24, 2009, Stanford, California
• Panelist, "Child Protection and Privacy Issues in Virtual Worlds," American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, The 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 1-4, 2009, Arlington, Virginia
• Panelist, “Games in Asia:  Development, Business and Legal Issues,” International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games, SMU Dedman School of Law and The Guildhall at SMU, January 14-15, 2009, Dallas, Texas
• Panelist, “Bringing Movies into Virtual Worlds,” Virtual Worlds Conference, September 4, 2008, Los Angeles, California
• Panelist, “IP Issues in Negotiating Deals and Structuring Transactions,” a program sponsored by  the business Law Section of the State Bar of California, April 18, 2008, Los Angeles, California
• Co-Chair, Gamer Technology Law, Law Seminars International: October 11-12, 2007, Seattle, Washington
• Panelist, “Wealth of Virtual Nations,” State of Play V: August 20-22, 2007, Singapore
• Keynote Speaker, “Legal Issues Affecting Social Media,” Social Media Symposium, Kellogg School of Management, Media Management Center: May 9, 2007, Chicago, Illinois
• Panelist, “Intellectual Property/Intangible Assets: Growth of a New Asset Class,” The Milken Institute Global Conference: April 25, 2007, Los Angeles, California
  

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