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About CHRISSIE SCELSI

Chrissie Scelsi is a games and immersive entertainment attorney based in Orlando, Florida. Chrissie was previously U.S. General Counsel for Wargaming, an award-winning online game developer and publisher that is a leader in the free-to-play MMO market across PC, console, and mobile platforms. While at Wargaming, she advised on intellectual property, social media, influencer relations, licensing, esports, and pretty much any question about what can be done with a tank. Some of the licensing projects Chrissie worked on included Hot Wheels and WWE for World of Tanks Console, Transformers for World of Warships, as well as a co-marketing relationship for the movie ‘Dunkirk’ and a Super Bowl ad for World of Tanks. She has also served as a senior attorney at Universal Destinations and Experiences, where she worked on all things Halloween Horror Nights, including a house adapted after the game ‘The Last of Us.’

Chrissie was previously Assistant Legal Counsel at Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc., where she supported game-based simulations software development for the VBS product, including open-source and third-party software review and management and review of the company’s trademark portfolio, as well as terms and conditions and EULAs. Chrissie is a sought-after speaker at a variety of community and professional events, from WordCamp and DrupalCamp to the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, as well as the Games Industry Law Summit. 

Chrissie is the first woman president of the Video Game Bar Association. She is co-editor of the book Computer Games and Immersive Entertainment: Next Frontiers in Intellectual Property Law (2nd Edition), as well as Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law, and she is a chapter contributor to both editions of The American Bar Association’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development. Ms. Scelsi earned an LL.M. in Entertainment and Media Law from Southwestern School of Law, a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law, and a B.B.A. in marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.

Chrissie is an Orlando Fringe super fan. She has also worked on successful litigation that used the Dungeons and Dragons rule book as prior art and resulted in a D&D reference in a federal court opinion!

Publications:

• Chapter Author, Video Games and Virtual Worlds: Recreating the World and Fighting A Dragon in It, The Routledge Companion to Copyright and Creativity in the 21st Century, 2021.
• Co-Editor, Computer Games and Immersive Entertainment: Next Frontiers in Intellectual Property Law, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, 2018.
• Chapter Author, Virtual Currency and Goods Chapter, COPPA and Privacy Chapter, and Business Formation and Control Chapter, The American Bar Association Guide to Video Game Development, Second Edition, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Publishing, 2016.
• Chapter Author, Business Formation and Control Chapter, The American Bar Association Guide to Video Game Development, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Publishing, Summer 2011.
• “You Let My Avatar Do WHAT? Recent Developments in Music Video Games,” The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Spring 2010.
• Co-Editor, Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law Publishing 2010.