Education
JD, Loyola Law School,
1985
BA, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1982
Practice Areas
Intellectual
Property Media and Technology Outsourcing Technology Transactions
Bar Qualifications
California
Experience
Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Corporate Department
of Latham & Watkins. 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 named to the Legal 500 US:
Volume II - Intellectual Property, Media, Technology & Telecoms. She
is an Adjunct Professor of Video Game Law at Loyola
Law School in Los Angeles and regularly provides
pro bono services to StoryCorps, creator of Sound
Portraits.
Ms. Christ's recent deals include:
- Harrah's Entertainment - Transaction with Ontario
Lottery and Gaming Corporation for branding and
operation of Caesars Windsor Casino
- Sony Pictures Entertainment - Acquisition of
Grouper Networks
- Konami Digital Entertainment - Acquisition
of Blue Label Interactive
- Game Show Network - Outside Services Agreement
- Mattel - Acquisition of Radica Games Ltd.
- Harrah's Entertainment - Licensing World Series
of Poker to AOL Games Portal
- Amp'd Mobile - Licensing music and television
content from MTV Networks for Amp'd's mobile
virtual network operator platform
- Vivendi Games - Sales of Knowledge Adventure,
Papyrus Studios, Heritage Quest; renegotiation
of distribution agreement with Shiny Studios;
general advice and counseling
- Educate, Inc. - Acquisition of Reading Rainbow
public television series
- Yucaipa Companies - Potential investment in
entertainment industry assets
Her recent publications include:
- "Intellectual Property in Secured Lending Transactions," a
chapter in an upcoming continuing legal education
book to be published by the State Bar of California
- "Milne v. Slesinger Case Note," UCLA Entertainment
Law Review, Winter 2007
- "Social Networking Sites: To Monitor or Not
to Monitor Users and their Content," Latham & Watkins
Client Alert, March 20, 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 in November 2006
- "Video Game Law Series: Substantive Legal
Issues" (Part 3 of 3), September 14, 2006, available
through the Latham Network
- "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
- "Video Game Law Series: Review of Common Video
Game Industry Agreements" (Part 2 of 3), August
10, 2006, available through the Latham Network
- "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
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