No Cheat Codes: Navigating Modern Video Game Deals, Distribution, and Disputes

Stacey Chuvaieva is an Associate in Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s Corporate, Litigation and Regulatory Practice Groups, focusing her practice on entertainment and technology transactions—including technology licensing, open source, video game and music publishing—as well as privacy and EU data protection regulation. She holds CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and prior to joining the firm, she worked as legal counsel at Wargaming Group Limited and as a technology and IP litigation lawyer at Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office. Her representative work includes advising Kojima Productions on music licensing for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and serving as Chair of the Information Technology Committee of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (2024-2025).

Jamison Gilmore is an Associate Attorney at Weinberg Gonser LLP whose practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, including trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, copyright infringement, and unfair business practices matters across industries such as media and entertainment, technology, healthcare, energy, and construction. He handles all phases of litigation and arbitration—from pleadings and discovery through dispositive motions, depositions, and trial—and has prevailed at every trial and arbitration he has handled, securing permanent injunctions, judgments, and significant attorneys’ fees awards. Before entering private practice at King & Spalding LLP and Blank Rome LLP, Jamison externed for U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Wilner (ret.) and clerked for three Los Angeles Superior Court Judges, preparing over 3,000 tentative orders, none of which were reversed on appeal.

Ryan Garfat is the CEO of Pangea Entertainment Productions, bringing over 20 years of experience in media, journalism, and entertainment content creation. He also serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Pangea Cup, building on a career that includes senior leadership roles at ESPN—where he built the network’s first gaming-centric studio and led global esports coverage—and Kroenke Esports, where he oversaw business operations for the L.A. Gladiators and L.A. Guerrillas. A Miami University journalism graduate, Ryan has earned multiple industry awards for his esports coverage and storytelling, and continues to shape the intersection of media, sports, and gaming.

Felix is a technology and video games lawyer with a focus on helping North American companies expand and succeed abroad. His practice centers on IP/IT agreements, e-commerce, as well as specific issues of the interactive entertainment industry. Felix advises innovative software and technology companies as well as online retailers and digital platforms on license, development and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) contracts, AR/VR, as well as standard terms for B2B and B2C transactions, manages international expansion projects and complex contract negotiations, and advises on e-commerce and consumer protection. He is also regularly involved in technology driven transactions.

Keith Cooper is a Partner at Cooper & Iravani, LLP, specializing in traditional and digital entertainment, intellectual property, and business law. With nearly 20 years of litigation experience, his practice over the last decade has primarily focused on transactional matters in the entertainment and business industries. He has negotiated and structured agreements in music recording, publishing, licensing, management, production, and distribution, as well as video game development, copyright and trademark licensing, and film and streaming projects. His clientele includes musicians, songwriters, directors, producers, actors, designers, and internet content creators. Beyond individual creatives, Keith has represented business entities ranging from start-ups and technology firms to game developers, esports teams, and production companies, assisting with entity formation, governance, compliance, financing, and mergers and acquisitions.

In addition to his legal practice, Keith is deeply involved in the entertainment and legal communities. He is a former President and current Board Member of California Lawyers for the Arts and has served as an expert witness in high-profile copyright disputes such as Fahmy v. Jay Z and Big Ligas v. Paulo Londra. Keith has also played a key role in shaping entertainment law discussions through speaking engagements, moderating panels, and presenting on topics including digital music monetization, intellectual property licensing, and video game development. His industry experience extends beyond law, having worked for Geffen Records and Atlantic Records and co-founding both an internet video streaming company and a music promotion company. He holds a J.D. from Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.