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David S. Rosenbaum is a Partner at the Interactive Entertainment Law Group. David Rosenbaum has a wide-ranging international law practice, advising clients from around the world in matters such as developing and publishing games and related technology licensing; mergers and acquisitions and investment in the game industry; licensing of brands, character, comic book, entertainment and sports properties; film and TV distribution; and book publishing.
David has practiced law in the entertainment industry since 1981. From 1981 to 1993, David held in-house legal positions at Paramount Pictures, where he counseled on a wide variety of legal matters ranging from production, marketing and distribution of motion pictures to licensing and merchandising of character and entertainment properties. In 1986, he was promoted to Vice President of Legal Affairs for Paramount’s Marketing Division and was in charge of the legal and business affairs of Paramount’s Licensing Department, where he played an active role in all aspects of Paramount’s global licensing operations.
Since entering private practice in 1993, David has represented leading publishers and developers of video and computer games, as well as property owners licensing game/digital rights. David has represented and continues to represent companies based in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, who have retained him to represent their interests in the United States as well as US-based companies which conduct business around the world.
David is a Co-Founder and was the first President of the Video Game Bar Association, the only international bar association whose mission is to serve the community of lawyers worldwide actively engaged in representing clients in the interactive entertainment and video games industry. David continues to serve on the Board of Directors and is currently the Treasurer of the VGBA. David is a frequent lecturer on legal and business issues in the video game industry at game industry events such as the Game Developers Conference GDC Europe, E3, Australian and New Zealand Game Developers Conferences, AnimFx (New Zealand), Casual Connect, as well as at events sponsored by the Video Game Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, Loyola Law School, Southwestern Law School, Beverly Hills Bar Association, California Lawyers for the Arts and the Santa Monica Bar Association. From 2007 to 2011, David was as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, teaching Video Game Law.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Interactive Entertainment and Video Games
- Intellectual Property and Technology
- Sports, Entertainment and Brand Licensing
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Investment in the Video Game Industry
GO TO VIDEO GAMES
- Dungeon Boss
- Into The Dead
- Zombie Gunship Survival
- Flick Kick Football
- Wordscapes
- And for especially mindless moments, Paper Toss