Mr. Methenitis practices in the area of electronic entertainment and new media law, gaming law, sweepstakes law, corporate law, franchise law, and international trade law. To assist gaming clients, Mark focuses on emerging and continuing legal issues created in the electronic gaming world. He has pursued substantial independent research on legal issues affecting the businesses operating in the gaming industry. To showcase his knowledge and to assist the gaming community in analysis of legal issues, Mark developed the Law of the Game blog. The blog focuses exclusively on legal issues related to electronic gaming and gambling, as well as cross-over topics in new media like machinima.
Mark maintains a successful practice assisting corporate clients in intellectual property matters, franchise and distribution law, and corporate transactions. He has counseled corporate clients on matters at all stages of the corporate life cycle, on tax issues for both international and domestic clients, and on trade issues, including ITAR compliance. Mark has drafted many complex documents and agreements for his corporate clients, involving a range of matters including asset and business acquisitions, new company start-ups, franchise agreements and related documents, license agreements and related documents, real estate matters, patent licenses, and purchase and sale agreements of all kinds. Mark is also available as a neutral third party for arbitrations and mediations in his areas of expertise, including video game development and production related disputes, and he is available as an expert witness in those fields as well.
Education
J.D., Texas Tech University School of LawM.B.A., Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business
B.A., The University of Texas
Bar and Court Admissions
State Bar of TexasUS Court of International Trade
Professional/Civic Activities
- Board Member, Dallas Chapter of the International Game Developers Association
- Member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Legal & Regulatory Affairs Council
- Planning Committee, International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games (The Game::Business::Law Conference)
- International Game Developers Association Member
- Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Member
- State Bar of Texas Member
- American Bar Association Member
Member of ABA: - Section of Science & Technology Law
- Vice-Chair of the Sci-Tech Virtual Worlds and Multiuser Online Games Committee
- Forum on Franchising
- Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries
- Section of Business Law
- Section of International Law
- Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Young Lawyers Division
- Qualified Impartial Third Party, State of Texas
- Sponsor, Richardson ISD Professional Internship Program
- Richardson ISD School Board Sub-Committee on Religion in Schools, 1999-2000