James Alan Cook has been an attorney and executive in the interactive entertainment and personal computer industries for more than 30 years.
Jamie is currently in private practice in Palo Alto, CA, providing legal services regarding transactional intellectual property matters, including the development, production, licensing and acquisition of content and technologies relating to interactive entertainment, social media, online communities, personal computing and other consumer electronics products (both hardware devices and software applications), toys and games, telephony and mobile communications, semiconductors, and digital rights management. His "insider" knowledge, acquired since the early days of the video game and personal computer industries, and practical advice regarding evolving legal issues, have attracted leading publishers, platform licensors, software developers, content owners, technology creators, inventors, and consumer electronics manufacturers in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong and China to seek his counsel, negotiating skills and drafting expertise.
Other highlights of Jamie's professional career include the following: From July 2010 to December 2012, he served as General Counsel and EVP, Business & Legal Affairs for Gaikai Inc., which became a Sony Computer Entertainment company in August 2012. From 1993 to 2003, he was General Counsel and EVP of The 3DO Company (THDO), Redwood City, CA, and was a director of the company's subsidiaries in London and Tokyo from 1997 to 2003. From 1989 to 1993, he was managing partner of Cook & Lefevre, P.C., Palo Alto, CA, a Silicon Valley law firm representing leading video game, computer and entertainment companies in the U.S., Europe and Asian markets. From 1985 to 1988, he was a sole practitioner in Palo Alto, CA, providing transactional legal services for video game and personal computing companies in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Hong Kong. From 1981 to 1984, he was Vice President and counsel for Atari, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Communications, Inc. From 1977 to 1981, he was an Associate at Fleischman & Walsh, P.C., in Washington, D.C., where he represented Atari, Inc., as well as cable television companies, cellular communications companies and radio stations, before the Federal Communications