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Back of the net: Messi scores definitive victory in a nine-year legal dispute over his trade mark
Posted: 28/09/2020
We wrote previously about Lionel Messi's success against Massi, the famous Spanish cycling brand, back in 2018, when the General Court of the European Union ruled that the world-famous footballer could finally register his name as a trade mark. The decision came after a lengthy dispute in which Massi opposed the trade mark application...…>>
Football club 2 – 0 Commercial rights intermediary (and a lesson on disclosure)
Posted: 16/09/2020
His Honour Judge Pelling QC, sitting as a High Court judge, handed down judgment on 14 September 2020 in an interesting claim brought against Liverpool Football Club & Athletic Group Limited (Liverpool) by Winlink Marketing Limited (WML). WML is an intermediary specialising in introducing sports rights holders……>>
The return of elite sport: duties of clubs, employers and athletes
Posted: 01/06/2020
Mid-March to early April 2020 saw postponement and then cancellation of almost all elite sport in the United Kingdom. Nonetheless, in football, Premier League clubs voted unanimously to return to small-group training from 19 May 2020...…>>
GDPR in sport: trying wearables on for size
Posted: 04/05/2020
Whether you’re an elite athlete or putting on running shoes for the first time, many of us are turning to wearable technology to achieve our sporting and exercise goals. From Fitbits to Garmin to the more advanced Kinexon and Catapult technologies, there is a wearable that fits us all...…>>
Ex-Liverpool FC defender’s (Mamadou Sakho) defamation case should make PR officers think twice before passing comment to the press
Posted: 22/04/2020
The meaning of a published statement is at the core of a defamation claim. It influences the degree of harm caused and, ultimately, the degree of damages payable (if any)......>>

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