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 and media transactions, including 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. Ms. Christ has represented companies in a variety of industries, including video game development and publishing, social networking sites, music, print publishing and software.

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 is also an adjunct professor of the Laws of Video Games and Virtual Worlds at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and regularly provides pro bono services to StoryCorps, creator of Sound Portraits.

Ms. Christ's recent publications include:

• "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.
• "Winnie-The-Pooh: New Limits on Authors and Their Heirs to Reclaim Transferred Copyrights," Latham & Watkins Client Alert, July 19, 2006.
• "Video Game Law Series - Video Game Industry Overview and Revenue Sources" (Part 1 of 3), July 14, 2006, available through The Latham Network.

Ms. Christ's recent speaking engagements include:

• Moderator, "Living in a Virtual World," AlwaysOn OnHollywood, April 28, 2009, West Hollywood, California
• 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, "Video Games: Property and Privacy," The 2007 IP and the Internet Conference, a program by the Copyright and Computer Law Subcommittees of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California: August 27, 2007, Santa Monica, California; and August 28, 2007, San Francisco, California
• 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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