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52 Cal. W. Int'l L.J. 417 (2021-2022)
Intellectual Property and Esports at Home and Abroad

handle is hein.journals/calwi52 and id is 443 raw text is: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ESPORTS AT HOME AND ABROAD This topic was presented as part of a second panel and moderated by California Western School of Law International Law Journal's Executive Director of Symposia and Outreach, Sasha Ramirez. The panel included Professor Jodi S. Balsam and Roger Quiles. The subsequent transcript only includes Roger Quiles' excerpt as Professor Balsam discussed her article, which is published in this edition of the Journal. 1 MS. RAMIREZ: At this point, we will be starting our second panel. We are joined by Roger Quiles. Mr. Quiles is one of the world's first Esports attorneys who started his own practice in 2014, Quiles law. As a pioneer of Esports law, he has serviced an international clientele consisting of Esports teams, players, tournament providers, media companies, and businesses that operate in the Esports space. Mr. Quiles, we've heard from Professor Balsam who discussed trademark law in traditional sports. However, Esports is a relatively new field. How and why does intellectual property (IP) present a different ecosystem in Esports in comparison to traditional sports? MR. QUILES: I think the biggest distinction is the fact that Esports is inherently tied to intellectual property simply because of the fact that the players are playing video games. Due to the very nature of video games, the developer would own the rights to the entirety of the usage, the entire commercial expression of how that game gets played, including when that game gets played, where it gets played, and who plays it professionally. If someone is comparing that to traditional sports, no one owns football, no one owns baseball. This creates an interesting power dynamic throughout the entire space because of the 1. This introduction was not part of the conference. Parts of this transcript have been edited for grammar and readability. The substance of the transcript remains unchanged. 417

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