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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 Skill Games Private Limited (Case)[1], was tasked with ident...
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Negotiating athlete endorsement agreements in India
The Indian sports industry and the surrounding eco-system has undergone a substantial economic transformation in the ...
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) Wom...
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 potenti...
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 landma...
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, Ben...
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, Ben...
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 i...
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 a...
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 s...
Physiological and performance data in sport and the legal issues it raises
The following article is an extract from “MINE: The Future of Data Rights in Sport”, a comprehensive guide to sports-...
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 Commissio...
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 netw...
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,...
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 w...
How sports rights holders protect against IP infringements in India: Part 1 - overview of IP laws
Rapid changes in technology, media and the pattern of consumption of content have paved the way for a growing range o...
How sports rights holders can protect against IP infringements in India: Part 2 - taking legal action & remedies
Rapid changes in technology, media and the pattern of consumption of content have paved the way for a growing range o...
Mandatory Sharing of Sports Broadcast Signals in India: Part 1 – A review of STAR Sports v. Prasar Bharati
In May 2016, the Supreme Court of India (the “Supreme Court”) passed judgement in Star Sports India Private Limited v...
Mandatory Sharing of Sports Broadcast Signals in India: Part 2 – The implications of the STAR Sports decision
Mandatory Sharing of Sports Broadcast Signals in India: Part 2 – The implications of the STAR Sports decision
This t...
Fighting sports corruption in India: A review of the National Sports Ethics Commission Bill 2016
In early 2016, a new Bill known as the “National Sports Ethics Commission Bill 2016” was introduced to the Indian Par...
A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 1 – identify, prioritise and pre-empt risk
In this three part guide, Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna and Nihal Zachariah deconstruct, analyse and exemplify ...
A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 2 – educate, monitor and enforce
In Part 1 of this three part guide, Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna and Nihal Zachariah introduced rights protect...
A guide to rights protection at major sporting events: part 3 – be ready for surprises and maintain perspective
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three part guide, Nandan Kamath, Roshan Gopalakrishna and Nihal Zachariah introduced rig...
5th Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM)