Tom Buscaglia
- Account Type:
- member
- Location:
- Vashon Island (Seattle), WA USA
- Member since:
- September 27, 2002
- Last Login:
- July 8, 2009
- Last Update:
- August 28, 2008
- Bio:
Skills
- Primary Skill:
- n/a
- Summary:
- Tom Buscaglia - The Game Attorney
Tom Buscaglia, the Game Attorney, with offices in Miami, Florida and the Seattle, Washington, area. Tom is a principal in the law firm T. H. Buscaglia and Associates and is the President of Dev-Biz, Inc. Tom is admitted to practice in Washington State, Florida and the District of Columbia as well as in Federal Trial and Appellate Courts, including the United States Supreme Court. In addition to obtaining his Law degree, with honors, from Georgetown University in 1985, Tom holds a B.A. in Philosophy from S.U.N.Y., Buffalo, with honors. www.GameAttorney.com
Since 1991, Tom \\\"The Game Attorney\\\" Buscaglia has assisted game developers in all aspects of business and legal matters. Tom is a Director of the International Game Developers Association, Chairs the IGDA Foundation and heads the IGDA Employment Contract Quality of Life Certification task force. Tom is authoring a book on Game Law and wrote the chapter entitled \\\"Effective Developer Agreements\\\" for the book, The Secrets of the Game Business.
He has written numerous articles, including the Game Law series of articles on Gamasutra.com, and frequently speaks on the game industry business and legal matters. He is a perennial presenter at the Game Developers Conference and the Indie Games Con and also speaks regularly to the Simulation and Modeling industry on the value of Game technologies for beneficial interactive multimedia applications outside of the entertainment sector.
Committed to helping independent game developers get the right start in business, Tom has written numerous articles and frequently speaks on matters that people starting out in the industry should and should not do in order to have a solid business foundation for their new studios. He recently released a start up developer\\\'s business and legal kit with information and forms that every start up developer needs. www.gamdevkit.com
As FaTe[F8S] Tom is a founder and Supreme Warlord of FaTe\\\'s Minions, an online gaming \\\"clan\\\" that has been competing in various online competitions since January, 1998. As a \\\"hard-core\\\" gamer, Tom plays online on a regular basis and has a gamer\\\'s appreciation and understanding of the game industry. www.f8s.com
Presentations, Publications and Associations
Speaking Engagements
03/07 Game Developers Conference (San Francisco, California)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Game Attorney\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Developer Deal Roundtable\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Employment Contract Certification: Validating Quality of Life\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
03/06 Game Developers Conference (San Jose, California)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Game Not Over: Expanding the Market through Accessible Games\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
11/05 Third Annual International Conference in Computer Game Design and Technology (Liverpool, UK)
Keynote - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Ins & Outs of the Developer Publisher Relationship\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/05 Indie Games Conference (Eugene, Oregon)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Starting Your Own Game Development Studio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
07/05 Microsoft Meltdown (Seattle, Washington)
Moderator - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Doing \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Deal\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
06/05 Digital Game Xpo (Raleigh, North Carolina)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Starting Your Own Game Development Studio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
03/05 Game Developers Conference ( San Francisco, California)
Quality of Life Summit: An IGDA Think-Tank - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Overtime in the Game Industry,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Effective Developer Deals: the Devil in the Details\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Negotiation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/04 Indie Games Conference (Eugene, Oregon)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Startup Game Studio Business & Legal Matters\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
03/04 Game Developers Conference (San Jose, California)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Negotiation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Publishers \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Rules of Acquisition\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
12/03 The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) (Orlando, Florida)
Game and Simulation Industry Convergence panel
08/03 Florida Faculty Institute (Miami, Florida and Orlando, Florida)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Computer and Video Games: Monster or Mentor?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
07/03 Summer Simulation Multiconference (Montreal, Canada)
Keynote \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Game and Simulation Industries: Convergence or Collision?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
03/02 Game Developers Conference (San Jose, California)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Phenomenology of Game Design\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
02/02 Full Sail (Orlando, Florida)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"What to look for, and look out for, in your first employment agreement\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
02/02 Digital Media Alliance of Florida Panel (Orlando, Florida)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Future of the Game Industry in Florida\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/97 Miami - Airport West Chamber of Commerce
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Legal Issues Concerning Marketing over the Internet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
12/96 National Business Institute, Continuing Legal Education
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Marketing Technology and Business Development\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Articles and Publications
01/07 Gamasutra.com - Special Feature
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Call of Duty: Finest Hour - The Contract\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/06 Game Developer Magazine - Business Level
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"That\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Not the Deal\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
07/06 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Contracts 101\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
04/06 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Everybody Conga?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
02/06 IGDA Contract Walk-Through Whitepaper, v3
Acceptance of Deliverables
03/06 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Good News about Digital Distribution!\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
01/06 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prior Restraint and Games - a Rant!\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
11/05 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"To Use or Not to Sue...That is the Question\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/05 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"A Case for Flexible Milestone Deliverables\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
09/05 Gamasutra.com - Monthly Column: Game Law
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Audit Rights - Use Em or Lose Em!\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
04/05 Secrets of the Game Business, Second Edition, Chrarles River Media
Chapter - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Effective Development Contracts\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
01/05 GameDev.net
Game Attorney Q&A - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Protecting Your Ideas\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
10/04 GameDev.net
Game Attorney Q&A - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Trademarked Names for Indie Games\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
04/04 IGDA Quality of Life in the Game Industry: Challenges and Best Practices Whitepaper
Fair Labor Standards Act in the Game Industry
09/03 IGDA Contract Walk-Through Whitepaper, v2
Termination Clauses Chapter
05/03 IGDA Game Submission Guide Whitepaper
Game Submission Legal Considerations
04/03 IGDA Contract Walk-Through Whitepaper, v1
Game Documentation and Trade Show Demos
02/03 Secrets of the Game Business, Charles River Media
Chapter - \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Effective Development Contracts\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
02/03 GIGNews.com Article
Getting Published Part 4: Completing Your Contract Arsenal - NDA\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S, Employment & Contributor Agreements
11/02 GIGNews.com Article
Getting Published Part 3: Just what are these games made up of...Legally Speaking?
09/02 GIGNews.com Article
Getting Published Part 2: Initial Legal Issues
09/97 Florida Direct Marketing Association Newsletter
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Internet Commerce...Fact or Fiction?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
04/97 Florida Direct Marketing Association Newsletter
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Whose Website is it Anyway? - Content and Copyright\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
02/97 Florida Direct Marketing Association Newsletter
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"What\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s in a Name: Internet Domain Names vs. Trademarks\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
12/96 Florida Direct Marketing Association Newsletter
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Direct Marketing on the Internet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Positions and Associations
* Principal, T.H. Buscaglia and Associates
* Executive Director, Interactive Entertainment Institute (IEI)
* Executive Director, Games-Florida
* President, Dev-Biz
* President, BallroomGames
* Director, International Game Developers Association
* Chair, IGDA Foundation
* Member, Florida Bar, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association
* Admitted, Florida State and Federal Courts, U.S. 11th and 3rd Cir. Courts of Appeal, U.S. Supreme Court
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