Ira P. Rothken is a leading advisor and legal counsel to companies in the internet, entertainment, cloud services, and videogame industries. Ira is a lawyer with a Computer Science and Medical Research background and has been in practice for over 20 years. Ira has been lead litigation counsel in numerous complex cases of first impression in the internet and high technology sectors often working with large legal teams nationally and globally. In addition, Ira has been sought out by management teams who have asked him to help them establish new technology companies, develop legal strategies, and conduct business development activities. Examples of the companies Ira has helped start as counsel include FriendFinder (Social Networking), Pandemic Studios (which he negotiated the spin off from Activision and started the company), ArenaNet (The makers of Guild Wars in which he helped obtain the seed funding and started the company along with persons formally with Blizzard), Nihilistic (in which he negotiated multiple game development deals and started the company with former LucasArts employees), Telltale (in which he started the company with former LucasArts employees, negotiated numerous development deals, and helped obtain seed funding) etc. Ira has developed widespread recognition for his willingness to work with management teams to develop successful growth strategies in new and sometimes risky e-business and electronic entertainment segments and his ability to be flexible in his approach to serving them on terms that make sense for their companies and growth trajectories. Mr. Rothken has appeared as a guest legal expert on television and radio including CNN (internet privacy), KQED radio (computer keyboard injuries), FOX (internet gambling), NBC (internet copyright), CBS (internet privacy), CNET radio (internet copyright), KTVU Silicon Valley Business Report (software license agreements), and Court TV (internet gambling issues and copyright litigation).

Managing Partner @ Leading advisor and legal counsel to companies in the internet, entertainment, cloud services, and videogame industries. Lawyer with a Computer Science and Medical Research background and has been in practice for over 20 years. Assisted in the startup of some of the largest social networking, videogame, and internet technology sites in the world. Ira has been lead litigation counsel in numerous complex cases of first impression in the internet and high technology sectors often working with large legal teams nationally and globally. From September 1993 to Present (22 years 4 months) Seed Investor and Co-Founder @ From May 2004 to Present (11 years 8 months) San Rafael, CaliforniaCo-Founder @ From January 2011 to Present (5 years) Co-Founder @ From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Director and Co-Founder @ Strategic planning, research, and development of new technologies and software apps in the production of virtual reality movies, interactive videos, and music videos. Some of our current projects include: SongVR (tm) software and internet services for creating and viewing virtual reality music videos; MashVR (tm) smartphone app and internet services to create and view virtual reality videos with visual effects that look great on Oculus and other VR viewers; VR in a Box (tm) which combines the hardware and software you need to create and view great interactive virtual reality videos in one kit; From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) novato, californiaDirector and Co-Founder @ Strategic planning, research, and development of new technologies in the production of movies, videos, and augmented reality entertainment From February 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) Member @ From September 2006 to Present (9 years 4 months) Advisor @ From January 1996 to January 2014 (18 years 1 month) Biomedical Researcher @ Working under Dr. George H. A. Clowes Jr., Assisted in the isolation of 'Proteolysis inducing factor’ (PIF); Developed Artificial Intelligence software related to measuring liver dysfunction in liver transplant candidates and the isolation and measurement of PIF; Assisted in related interleukin-1 (IL-1) research; From May 1985 to July 1986 (1 year 3 months)

Ira Rothken is skilled in: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Entertainment, Start-ups, E-commerce, Licensing, Social Networking, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Social Media, Online Advertising, Mobile Applications, Game Development, Software Development