NHL Lockout (Part 1)
On January 12, 2013, the National Hockey League (“NHL”), which operates the premiere men’s professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada, officially ended its labor dispute with (and...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal delivers landmark ruling relating to databases
The Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark ruling relating to databases. The judgment is important for anyone who makes a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying and presenting data, including...
View ArticleTTAB CANCELS REDSKINS TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
By David Kramer and James Stewart In a ruling that has quickly spread throughout social media, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) issued an order cancelling six trademark registrations...
View ArticleTerminating a sportsperson’s contract for private conduct (the Todd Carney case)
By Judith Miller, Kirk Simmons and Julian Conti On 28 June 2014, a photo was posted on social media of Cronulla Sharks’ Football Club five eighth Todd Carney engaging in a lewd act in a nightclub...
View ArticleItaly: Serie A media rights – End of the story?
As you may well be aware, Lega Nazionale Professionsti Serie A (the Italian top-tier soccer league) football rights have not yet been fully licensed. Whilst we are waiting for the results of the...
View ArticleFIFA to ban third-party ownership of players.
By Danielle Sharkey and Oliver Kichenside Following a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee on 26 September 2014, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has confirmed that the controversial practice of...
View ArticleCAS decision addresses fairness and justice in sports disciplinary cases
By Alasdair Muller and Patrick Mitchell The Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) decision in Dirk de Ridder v International Sailing Federation, recently published in full, has outlined six...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: Review of Interactive Gambling Act & In-Play Betting
The Australian Government has commissioned a review of Australia’s online gambling laws. The review will be led by Social Services Minister Scott Morrison and focus on the Interactive Gambling Act 2001...
View ArticleChina – Register Your Trademarks in Chinese Now: Lessons from Michael...
After two decades on the basketball court, Michael Jordan, one the greatest basketball players of all time, is currently learning the rules of defence and offence in a different game: the Chinese legal...
View ArticleGermany: Administrative court orders gambling authority to issue sports...
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann Nearly four years have passed since the new State Treaty on Gambling (GlueStV) came into force allowing up to 20 sports betting licenses. The...
View ArticlePrime minister conference: amendment of the German State Treaty on Gambling
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann Last week the German prime ministers reached an agreement on the amendment of the German State Treaty on Gambling (GlueStV). They decided to...
View ArticleNew gambling law for Germany
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann A few days after the prime minister conference decided on the amendment of the State Treaty on Gambling Germany has informed the EU commission...
View ArticleUnlawful prohibition of sports betting in Germany
The Federal Administrative Court of Germany (BVerwG) ruled in a recent decision that if the state monopoly for sports betting persists an administrative prohibition of sports betting without a German...
View ArticleSports betting does not require a German gambling license in North...
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia (OVG NRW) ruled in a recent decision that sports betting intermediation by an...
View ArticleNew AML Act for Germany – impact on gambling operators
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann The financial committee of the Federal Parliament agreed on amendments to the new German Anti Money Laundering (AML) Act (Geldwäschegesetz, GwG)...
View ArticleUpdate: German Sports Betting Regulation
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann The state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein announced that it will not approve the new State Treaty on Gambling. They want to push for an entire...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: Review of Interactive Gambling Act & In-Play Betting
The Australian Government has commissioned a review of Australia’s online gambling laws. The review will be led by Social Services Minister Scott Morrison and focus on the Interactive Gambling Act 2001...
View ArticleChina – Register Your Trademarks in Chinese Now: Lessons from Michael...
After two decades on the basketball court, Michael Jordan, one the greatest basketball players of all time, is currently learning the rules of defence and offence in a different game: the Chinese legal...
View ArticleGermany: Administrative court orders gambling authority to issue sports...
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann Nearly four years have passed since the new State Treaty on Gambling (GlueStV) came into force allowing up to 20 sports betting licenses. The...
View ArticlePrime minister conference: amendment of the German State Treaty on Gambling
By Dr. Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt and Christoph Engelmann Last week the German prime ministers reached an agreement on the amendment of the German State Treaty on Gambling (GlueStV). They decided to...
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