🎥 Highlights from the 2024 Video Game Law Summit in Shanghai!
Pillar Legal, P.C.
律师事务所
San Francisco，CA 847 位关注者
We bring over 15+ years of experience to provide practical legal advice for technology companies.
关于我们
Established in 2008, with offices in San Francisco, San Diego and Shanghai, Pillar Legal helps technology leaders protect their companies so they can focus on innovation and growth. At Pillar Legal, we represent many tech startups and indie video game studios as external general counsel, from formation to financing, from product launch to M&A exit. We also help larger technology companies with their cross-border transactions and compliance in the U.S. and China.
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http://www.pillarlegalpc.com
Pillar Legal, P.C.的外部链接
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- 律师事务所
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- 2-10 人
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- San Francisco，CA
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- 私人持股
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- 2008
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Our colleague Yue LU attended the AI Founder Investor Meetup in San Francisco, hosted by HashMatrix. It was a rewarding experience!
AI Founder Investor Meetup in SF ✨ It was pleasure to attend the AI Founder Investor Meetup @ SF hosted by HashMatrix in January. I’ve been to plenty of founder meetups and pitch sessions, but this one was different—each early-stage founder had just one minute to pitch their product to over 200 investors. For someone used to working within tight time constraints, this format was a dream. 🌐In just one hour, we heard 50 pitches covering biotech, agriculture, fintech, game, media, art, e-commerce, social platforms, all leveraging the power of AI. Many founders were impressively young. The hosts humorously described it as “speed dating for startups”, and it truly delivered. 🙌Sharing a group photo (can you find me? 🤔) and a picture with the incredible host Krypton M.. The venue, Edge & Node House of Web3 in the Presidio, was absolutely stunning. Big thanks to the organizers—HashMatrix, @AI+, The GenAI Collective, and Quantum Society—for hosting such a memorable evening. 🌃Side note: San Francisco feels much cleaner and safer this year, a relief for those attending evening events. Here’s to many more inspiring moments in 2025! 🎉 #AI #Innovation #Startups #Networking #InvestorMeetup #SanFrancisco#2025
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🌏 Entering the China market? Here’s what not to do. We’ve spent decades helping hundreds of tech companies expand into China, and some mistakes pop up more often than others. To help you avoid those same costly pitfalls, we’ve identified and unpacked the top five legal mistakes that foreign businesses make when entering the China market. We’ve also provided insights and best practices on what you can do instead to ensure you’re on the right legal track in China from the start. If you get these points right, you’ll already be ahead of the curve. 📝 Download our free article here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gzv72pk5 #ChinaMarket #LegalMistakes #ChinaExpansion #LegalAdvice
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🎮 Our partner Chao Yu was recently quoted in GamesBeat’s article “NetEase raises fears it is unloading its overseas game properties, hurting U.S.”, providing insights into the strategic shifts of China game companies. He noted that while investments in overseas development studios may decrease, these companies remain committed to global expansion. This shift is driven by increased confidence in domestic development capabilities—evidenced by the success of titles like Black Myth: Wukong, Marvel Rivals, and Delta Force—and the significantly lower development costs in China compared to the U.S. and other Western markets. Companies such as Tencent and NetEase are expected to develop more games domestically while focusing on publishing them globally. As the industry adapts, the focus will be on balancing global ambitions with strategic resource allocation and operational efficiency. 🌐 Please find the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gHUFfHvU #VideoGame #GameDevelopment #NetEase #GamePublishing #GameIndustry
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🎉Big congratulations to our colleague, Ziwei Zhu, on her admission to the prestigious UCLA School of Law LL.M. program!🌟 🎓At Pillar Legal, P.C., investing in our team’s professional development is at the core of our firm’s values. Through our LLM Sponsorship Program, we actively support our lawyers in pursuing advanced legal studies in the United States, enabling them to gain comprehensive exposure to the U.S. legal system and expand their global legal expertise. ⚖️We look forward to welcoming Ziwei back to the firm after she completes her LLM degree and U.S. bar examination. Her enhanced knowledge and perspective will further strengthen our ability to serve our clients with excellence. We’re excited to see her embark on this new chapter at UCLA School of Law! 🚀📚 #LLM #LegalEducation #ProfessionalGrowth #UCLA #Law
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Pillar Legal, P.C. Advises Perfect World Co., Ltd. in US$34.5 Million Studio Sale 🎉 We congratulate both Perfect World Co., Ltd. and Scopely on reaching an agreement for Scopely’s acquisition of certain game assets from Perfect World for US$34.5 million. 💻Pillar Legal supported Perfect World in negotiating the main transaction documents. Founding Partner Greg Pilarowski led the Pillar Legal team and was assisted by senior associate Yue LU out of Pillar Legal’s U.S. office. 👏We can’t wait to see the great games that come from this deal on both sides of the Pacific. Click on the links below to check it out: https://lnkd.in/g3b7kycj https://lnkd.in/gNS8ZJsu #GameAssetTransaction #Crossbordertransaction
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🚀 Tech Startup? Avoid these five legal mistakes. At Pillar Legal, P.C., we have worked with hundreds of tech startups and collaborated with incubators and accelerators that have supported thousands more. Drawing on our own experience and that of our partners, we have identified the top five legal mistakes that tech startups make. If you as a founder can get these points right, investor due diligence during your first financing will be much smoother. 📝 Download our free article to ensure you’re on the right track from the start: https://lnkd.in/gypXieMN #TechStartups #StartupMistakes #LegalAdvice
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📚FTC Final Rule – Amendments to COPPA 📚 On January 11, 2025, the FTC introduced final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), strengthening protections for children’s data. Key changes include: 📜 updated a few key definitions, such as “mixed audience” and “website or service directed to children”; 📢 additional parental direct notice requirements; ✅additional method for obtaining parental verifiable consent, and 🔒 new data retention policy and security program requirements. Read our full analysis here: https://lnkd.in/gX9vMT5b #COPPA #PrivacyLaw #FTC #ChildDataProtection #LegalUpdate
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Happy Spring Festival! Check out our colleague Yue LU at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law Spring Festival event!
Berkeley Haas and Berkeley Law Spring Festival Event 🎉I was delighted to attend the Spring Festival Gathering co-hosted by University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law Law to celebrate this special occasion. 🏮This marks my fourth Spring Festival in the United States. Most of the time, I find myself buried in documents, which can make life feel a bit monotonous. For those of us living abroad, Spring Festival is more than just a moment of nostalgia for home—it’s an opportunity to reconnect with the rich traditions and cultural heritage of China. From making dumplings and practicing calligraphy to sharing hot pot, these simple activities remind us of where we come from. 🤝But the question remains: where do we go from here? During this holiday, engaging with people from diverse industries (yes, Haas folks do have way more diverse backgrounds than us law school folks—no surprises there! 😊) offered not just a refreshing break from routine, but also some meaningful insights. In an ever-changing world, staying connected and embracing an open mind allow us to see beyond boundaries, guiding us toward where we truly belong. 🚀More importantly, Chinese New Year symbolizes new beginnings and hope for the year ahead. It’s a time when we gently set aside the past, embracing the promise of renewal. 🧧 A special thank you to Yifu Liu from Berkeley Haas for providing the venue JJ Lake Business Center in Mountain View, and to YUCHEN ZHAI from Berkeley Law for the kind invitation. #SpringFestival #BerkeleyHaas #BerkeleyLaw #CulturalExchange #Community
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😊TechCon SoCal 🌍 A great two days on campus at San Diego State University hearing about AI and:💰 Financing, 🏥 Heathcare, 🔒 Cybersecurity, 💼 Venture Capital, 🔬 Science, 🚗 Autonomous Vehicles. And for a tech conference in 2025 of course AI is the focus…but it wasn’t only about AI. A few takeaways: 📉 Can you add AI to your pitch deck and then successfully raise funds? One speaker pointed out that the old guys remember the dot com days in late 1990s and how that worked out. Short answer: no. 🌟 Tech Hubs exist outside of Silicon Valley. Thanks to Ashley Keating of CincyTech, Jason Scharf of Austin Next, Neal Bloom🎩 of Interlock Capital and Scott Fox 🦊 of StartupCouncil.org for highlighting the virtues of Cincinnati (close to my undergraduate school OSU, go Bucks! 🏈), Austin, San Diego and Detroit (my hometown, go Lions! 🐯). 🎓 Universities are (of course) critical to a tech ecosystem. Thanks to Jeff Draa, Hala Madanat of host San Diego State University and Paul Roben of UC San Diego for sharing all that our great universities have done to make San Diego a tech hub. 🎉 Congratulations to DeepWater Exploration Inc. for winning the pitch contest and to the seven other amazing finalists for telling us about their companies: Biocanic, FlyX Technologies, Site Bionics, InflammaSense, GolTech, Loopholes and AIR Surgical, Inc. 🙌 Most of all thank you to Faisal Mushtaq and his team for organizing a great event that showcases San Diego, America’s finest city, as the tech hub that it is. #TechConference #AI #SanDiego #Innovation #TechConSoCal
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