Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Esports

TLDR

• The discussion covers intellectual property, commercial agreements, licensing and the use of mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes without relying entirely on conventional court proceedings.
• They may be presented with standard contracts covering exclusivity, revenue shares, intellectual property and use of their image.
• An investor may walk away from a company if a former founder could claim ownership of its principal product or if contractors were never required to transfer intellectual property.
• In a new Esports Africa News interview, Leandro Toscano, Head of the Business Development and Digital Copyright Disputes Section at the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center, examines.
• These may include naming rights, logo placement, broadcast mentions, social-media content, player appearances, data access, hospitality, product demonstrations and category exclusivity.