The Lifecycle Of An International Athlete - Dealing With Branding And Image Rights

Published Friday, 06 May 2022.

Can sports formats be protected by copyright law?

Published Friday, 18 March 2022.

EUIPO 2 : AC Milan 0 - AC Milan Fails To Register Its New Club Crest In EU Trade Mark Case

Published Tuesday, 11 January 2022.

Athlete Brand Ambassadors: Do's And Don'ts for Sponsors

Published Friday, 19 November 2021.

Fan Tokens And The Sport Industry: Key Legal And Commercial Risks

Published Monday, 15 November 2021.

The ICC partners with Faze Technologies to create exclusive digital collectibles

Controlling athletes' trademarks: What can sports learn from WWE's trademark ownership?

Published Friday, 15 October 2021.

Trade Mark Infringement: How UK’s New Sentencing Guidelines Benefit Sports Organisations

Published Friday, 01 October 2021.

Wrestling For Control: Former WWE Pro’s Copyright Challenge To Activision’s Call of Duty Character

Published Friday, 13 August 2021.

Serie-A strike deal with Google: how big-tech platforms are helping tackle online sports piracy

Published Wednesday, 07 July 2021.

Broadcasting Tokyo 2020: How Modern Media Techniques Will Be Protected By IP Law

Published Monday, 24 May 2021.

The Racing Partnership Case – The Rights and Obligations Of Distributors Of Live Sports Betting Data

Published Wednesday, 28 April 2021.

How The French Professional Football League Is Evolving Its Broadcasting Rights Structure

Published Tuesday, 16 March 2021.

How the EU’s newly proposed Digital Services Act could benefit the sports industry

Published Tuesday, 12 January 2021.

A sleeping giant: insights into Nigeria’s emerging esports industry

Published Tuesday, 18 August 2020.

Sega’s early win against Man Utd in Football Manager trade mark case

Published Thursday, 16 July 2020.

São Paulo FC score victory in Chilean trademark infringement case

Published Friday, 10 July 2020.

Play by play – an introduction to esports, monetisation and IP rights

Published Monday, 08 June 2020.

How to choose, protect and enforce trade marks as a professional athlete: the view from Germany

Published Friday, 13 March 2020.

Protecting exclusivity in sports data rights: are courtsiding spotters a step too far for UK football fans?

Published Thursday, 24 October 2019.

Can sports clubs share their marketing database with sponsors?

Published Thursday, 05 September 2019.

Cheating in video games – lessons from Blizzard’s successful case against cheat and bot developer

Published Friday, 23 August 2019.

Whytes Bikes v Rich Energy - lessons from the Haas F1 Team sponsor’s copyright dispute

Published Friday, 09 August 2019.

Registering an EU trade mark in bad faith: lessons from the “NEYMAR” decision

Published Friday, 19 July 2019.

Sports Lawyer In Spotlight: Christopher Chase

Published Monday, 21 March 2022.

Panel Summary - Commercialising Digital Assets: Opportunities & Threats From New Digital Revenue Streams for NFTs

Published Wednesday, 23 February 2022.

LawInSport Weekly News Recap - 19 November

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Sega’s Battle Against Man Utd In Football Manager Trade Mark Case Ends In Settlement

Published Wednesday, 17 November 2021.

Cultivating Culture Through Commoditisation: Why NFTs Present An Unparalleled Opportunity For The Sports Sector

Published Thursday, 04 November 2021.

The NBA Lawyers’ Business, Part 2: Music Synch Licensing

Photo by Corleone Brown on Unsplash

Published Thursday, 28 October 2021.

The National Football League, The NFL Players Association and Dapper Labs Announce New NFT Deal to Create Exclusive Digital Video Highlights

Innovative digital experience spanning the NFL, all 32 clubs and players will empower fans to purchase, trade, and own NFTs featuring some of the most exciting and favorite in-game plays

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

Published Tuesday, 28 September 2021.

Sport and intellectual property – the year in review 2020/21

Published Monday, 26 July 2021.

Combatting the threat of drones to sports media and data rights

Published Tuesday, 08 June 2021.

'Conceptual similarity' key to British Gymnastics' trade mark victory over UK Gymnastics

Published Wednesday, 19 May 2021.

How Brexit Has Impacted The Sports Industry: A Legal Perspective From The First 100 Days

Published Thursday, 22 April 2021.

Game Theory & The Beautiful Game: Ibrahimovic, EA Sports And Collective Bargaining Of Image Rights

Published Friday, 26 February 2021.

Copyright in tattoos: U.S. court rules for artist in Randy Orton / WWE 2K case

Published Thursday, 26 November 2020.

Is there trouble on the horizon for algorithms in sport?

Published Thursday, 17 September 2020.

From Milan to Miami: an Inter-national trademark battle

Published Friday, 17 July 2020.

Football Manager & Man United - how IP connects the virtual and real football worlds

Published Friday, 10 July 2020.

Sport and intellectual property – the year in review 2019/20

Published Wednesday, 01 July 2020.

How Italy is tackling ambush marketing ahead of UEFA 2021 & 2026 Winter Olympics

Published Thursday, 30 April 2020.

NCAA offers a lifeline: college athletes allowed to benefit from name, image and likeness

Published Tuesday, 05 November 2019.

U.S. sports law news update: $75 million NCAA concussion settlement approved

Published Thursday, 05 September 2019.

A review of China Sports Law Week 2019 – “Inclusivity, Integrity and Insights”

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Physiological and performance data in sport and the legal issues it raises

Published Thursday, 15 August 2019.

French sports fans have image rights too: balancing personal privacy against the public’s right to be informed

Published Wednesday, 31 July 2019.

Why sports broadcasters in China cannot currently rely on copyright law to protect against unauthorised livestreams (and possible solutions)

Published Friday, 14 June 2019.