This is great news for videogames that are derived from
previous licensed property.
Not exact matches
Any game released in the
previous 12 months by a UK or European studio that is a proven quality title, but is based on an external
property (
licensed or otherwise) not owned or created by its developer.
This is a first for TT Games as all of their
previous Lego adventures have been based on
licensed properties.
WilmerHale is one of 20 elite law firms named to The National Law Journal's inaugural Intellectual
Property Hot List, which honors firms that demonstrated creative strategies for litigation, patent prosecution,
licensing or other transactional work in the
previous year.
Another strength of this book is that it focuses on areas that have been given short shrift in
previous works on Canadian copyright: users» rights (an area of increasing importance, since most public discourse about copyright focuses on what we can't do rather than what we can); aboriginal approaches to intellectual
property rights (which emphasize the protection of the honour of clans, cultures, and nations over the rights of individual creators); digital rights management (and its spectacular failure to actually protect content); and public
licensing systems (such as the Creative Commons
licenses).
In terms of profitability, thanks to the contribution made by
licensing revenue from utilizing our intellectual
property (IP), operating income was 7,009 million yen (up 36.9 % from the same term in the
previous year), ordinary income was 7,099 million yen (up 71.2 % from the same term in the
previous year), and net income attributable to owners of the parent was 4,439 million yen (up 60.7 % from the same term in the
previous year).»
Which is to say, that only now, after I left my
previous successful career, funded my own way through real estate training and
licensing in addition to my monthly living costs, marketing of
properties and all start up costs that I am now starting to make a living in my new career.