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Beyond the signal: a view from China on the copyright protection of live sports programming
Since the late 1970s, broadcasters have played a key role in promoting the popularity of sports among Chinese fans. Television ratings have gone up along with advertising revenues, but the survival and development of the live sports broadcast business is under threat from high levels of signal piracy.
With Teqball the world is curved
Teqball is an ingenious new ball game that is taking the world of football by storm. Teqball’s Gergely Muranyi, talks about the importance of intellectual property to the company’s ambitions to make teqball a global sport.
Sports diplomacy, nation branding and IP go hand in hand in Qatar
Qatar is making history as the first Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup. This high profile sporting event strategically elevates the country’s national brand through sports diplomacy and as a center of excellence in the Middle East.
Esports: an overview of a new(ish) frontier in digital entertainment
Esports are growing in popularity, with the expanding esports industry expected to generate USD 1.38 billion in 2022 according to Newzoo. Andrea Rizzi explores the legal complexity surrounding e-sports and the need for a balanced and effective governance system.
Intellectual property rights: driving global sports
The Sports Rights Owners’ Coalition represents more than 50 international, European and national sports bodies across a range of sports. Its Chairman, Mark Lichtenhein considers the real value that intellectual property rights bring to the sports sector and their crucial importance to the future of sports.
Protecting the Olympic Properties
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
eSport: everything to play for
The International Olympic Committee recently declared that competitive video gaming could be considered a sporting activity. What are the implications for the sports industry and, crucially, for intellectual property?
Harnessing the benefits of IP for development
Ambassador Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage of the Republic of Kenya highlights the opportunities and challenges for developing countries in embracing the IP system to promote their social and economic objectives and ambitions.
Sports, Sporting Goods and the Sports Business
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
Rugby, Rights and Revenues
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
Intellectual property and the specificity of sports
Sports are a global industry with universal appeal so why do sports raise so many complicated IP-related issues?
Striving for Excellence – An exhibition on IP and Sport
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
Innovative prostheses positively change the Paralympics
In late summer 2021, athletes with disabilities from around the world competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Maja Hoock, Manager of Corporate Communications Research and Development (R&D) at the leading German prosthetics company, Ottobock, explains how IP-protected sports prostheses help athletes make the most of their abilities.
Sport and broadcasting rights: adding value
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
Cheerleading music licensing in sports: ClicknClear’s Chantal Epp
Discover how a two-time world champion cheerleader is giving athletes and sports event organizers easy access to music, while ensuring fair pay for creators.
IP and sports: Ready, set, innovate
Celebration moves as trademarks. AI replicating athletes. Music on the ice. Our 2026 issue explores the IP rights working to keep sports moving.
23 Capital: creating new ways to monetize intellectual property in sports
The founders of 23 Capital, a capital and solutions provider for the sports, music and entertainment sectors, talk about their work in creating new IP and in monetizing existing IP, including, through OTRO, an innovative global digital fan club that connects fans with some of the world’s top footballers.
Goal-line technology – Getting it right
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A glimpse into the future of paralympic sports
This article is part of our archive, offering insights from past editions. Continue reading to discover how intellectual property can foster creativity, innovation and social progress.
Technology, Innovation and Grit: Faster, Higher, Stronger in Disabled Sports
Nowhere is the impact of technological innovation more evident than in the area of disabled sports.
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