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A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 3 – be ready for surprises and maintain perspective
| Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna, Nihal Zachariah | Action Sports, Athletics, American Football, Badminton, Media Rights, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Sports, Blogs, Golf, Contract, Hockey, Corporate, Horseracing , Ice Hockey, Martial Arts, Motorsport, Articles, Olympic, Intellectual Property, Paralympic, Rugby, Snooker, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, LawNK, Winter Sports

A guide to rights protection at major sporting: Part 3- surprises & over enforcement

Part 1 and Part 2 of this three part guide introduced rights protection programmes and looked at the first five steps: Step 1 – Identify and prioritise core righ…

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A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 2 – educate, monitor and enforce
| Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna, Nihal Zachariah | Action Sports, Athletics, American Football, Badminton, Media Rights, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Sports, Blogs, Golf, Contract, Hockey, Corporate, Horseracing , Ice Hockey, Martial Arts, Motorsport, Articles, Olympic, Intellectual Property, Paralympic, Rugby, Snooker, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, LawNK, Winter Sports

A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: Part 2 - educate, monitor & enforce

This is part two of a three part guide which provides seven points on how to protect rights holders of today’s maj…
A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 1 – identify, prioritise and pre-empt risk
| Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna, Nihal Zachariah | Action Sports, Athletics, American Football, Badminton, Media Rights, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Sports, Blogs, Golf, Contract, Hockey, Corporate, Horseracing , Ice Hockey, Martial Arts, Motorsport, Articles, Olympic, Intellectual Property, Paralympic, Rugby, Snooker, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, LawNK, Winter Sports

A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: Part 1 - identify rights & managing risk

This three part guide provides seven practical steps to consider when creating a rights protection programme for major…
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| Vani A.S, Jemimah Matthew | Blogs, Dispute Resolution , Gambling, Articles, Intellectual Property, LawNK

Protecting trademarks in keyword advertising in India - A guide for sports organisations

The Honourable Delhi High Court (Court) in India, in the recent case of Head Digital Works Private Limited v. TicTok Sk…
Indian cricket player on Indian flag design in background
| Roshan Gopalakrishna; R. Seshank Shekar; Harsh Malpani | Baseball, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Commercial, Golf, Contract, Criminal, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Olympic, Paralympic, Sponsorship, Tennis, LawNK

Negotiating athlete endorsement agreements in India

The Indian sports industry and the surrounding eco-system has undergone a substantial economic transformation in the pa…
Football and covid mask
| Abhinav Srivastava & Shubham Jain | COVID19, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Football, Articles, Indian Sports Law, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

What Tournament Organisers Can Learn From India’s AFC Women’s Cup Exit

The Indian women’s football team (Indian team) was forced to withdraw from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women…
NFTs
| Parvati Bhat and Abhinav Shrivastava | American Football, Basketball, Sports, Blogs, Football, Articles, Intellectual Property, LawNK

The Legal Recognition Of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) In India

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the latest trend taking the digital world by storm.  While their range of potential…
Ball On Corner Kick Position On Soccer field with Maldives Flag On Ball
| Lokesh Kaza | Employment Law, Sports, Blogs, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

Mariyam Mohammad And Her Lawyer Discuss Her Discrimination Case Against The Asian Football Confederation

The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Bengaluru (SLPC) organized a virtual event on 21st May 2021 to discuss the landmark…
Tennis Court
| Abhinav Shrivastava, Shashank Atreya | Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Football, Articles, LawNK

Fighting corruption in sport: key elements of match manipulation

This is an extract from “Fixing It – Tackling Match Manipulation” produced by The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Benga…
Stadium
| Abhinav Shrivastava, Shashank Atreya | Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Football, Articles, LawNK

Fighting corruption in sport: an introduction to match manipulation

This is an extract from “Fixing It – Tackling Match Manipulation” produced by The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Benga…
Football
| Eshwar Ramachandran and Nihal Zachariah | COVID19, Sports, Blogs, Football, Dispute Resolution , Employment, Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

A guide to FIFA’s COVID-19 guidelines and their effects on Indian football clubs

The severe threat to public health posed by the rapid spread of Covid-19 has forced governments across the globe to imp…
Taekwondo fighting
| Seshank Shekar, Yogitha Ramu | COVID19, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Articles, LawNK

COVID 19: safety precautions & legal duties for Indian sports academies to consider when reopening

This article helps operators of sports academies and training centres in India to understand the safety precautions and…
Cricket India
| Shan Kohli, Lokesh Kaza and Abhinav Shrivastava | COVID19, Blogs, Commercial, Contract, Articles, Sponsorship, LawNK

COVID-19: the impact of postponing or cancelling sports events in India

With the rapid spread and dangers to public health posed by COVID-19, governments across the world have implemented soc…
Cricket Stumps
| Nandan Kamath | Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

The BCCI and public transparency – A review of the Law Commission Report on the applicability of the Right to Information Act

“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”1 – Justice Loius D. Brandeis On 18 April 2018, the Law Commission…
Cricket player hitting ball
| Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna | Media Rights, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Broadcasting, Commercial, Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

Decoding the Indian Premier League Media Rights Sale – Part 1

In early September, Star India Pvt. Ltd. (Star) – the South Asian member of Rupert Murdoch’s global broadcasting networ…
Video Camera Recording
| Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna | Media Rights, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Commercial, Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

Decoding the Indian Premier League Media Rights Sale – Part 2

In part one of this article, the authors provided a brief introduction to the IPL’s history and commercial structure, d…
| Manali Kulkarni | Features, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Competition/Anti-Trust, Articles, Regulation & Governance, LawNK

The impact of the Lodha Committee BCCI report on sports governance in India

This was first written for and published by The Sports Law & Policy Centre. An earlier version of this article was…
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