23 April 2019
Player Safeguarding, Welfare and Education in Esports – A Pragmatic Approach for Tournament Organizers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/player-safeguarding-welfare-and-education-in-esports

As the growth of esports shows no signs of stopping, Peter Rippel-Szabo offers advice to tournament organizers on how to protect players’ welfare, whilst promoting the industry’s benefits and advantages to sponsors

11 September 2019
Ahead of the game: why venture capital is a potential match-winner for sports clubs
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/ahead-of-the-game-why-venture-capital-is-a-potential-match-winner-for-sports-clubs

Global sports teams – with their ever-growing funding streams - are expanding their portfolios, particularly in relation to technology ventures. Opportunities to enhance their brand and diversify income have arisen, but ...

22 May 2019
NRL’s “No-Fault Stand Down” rule withstands restraint of trade challenge in Australian Federal Court
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/uk/nrls-no-fault-stand-down-rule-withstands-restraint-of-trade-challenge-in-australian-federal-court

Rich Hawkins and Tom Macken discuss the effect of the recent Federal Court decision on the No-Fault Stand Down rule and the implications for sports administrators and players.

28 August 2020
Cross-border: Making the most of the esports opportunity podcast
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/making-the-most-of-the-esports-opportunity-podcast

Making the most of the esports opportunity: Bird & Bird's esports team discuss the key commercial and legal issues surrounding this burgeoning industry.

07 May 2020
Tulip mania? The business of esports and its time in the sun
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/tulip-mania-the-business-of-esports-and-its-time-in-the-sun

Esports is booming. Is it time to join the gold rush and grab a shovel? Or find out who's selling them?

30 April 2020
Coronavirus and esports – adapting to a new reality
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/coronavirus-and-esports-adapting-to-a-new-reality

In the face of COVID-19 digital content has had to adapt and evolve like never before. But in a world where live content is scarce, esports has shown itself to be remarkably adaptable, expanding its profile both on ...

15 December 2020
MediaWrites Webinar: Commercialising E-Sports in Asia Pacific – A Masterclass with PSG Talon
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/mediawrites-webinar-commercialising-esports-in-asia-pacific

In this recording of a unique event hosted by Bird & Bird, we discuss how e-sports is being commercialised in Asia Pacific with one of the most exciting companies to emerge in the region, PSG Talon. You can watch it via ...

10 August 2020
Footballers to sue over use of their playing data
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/footballers-to-sue-over-use-of-their-playing-data

In what could turn out to be an important case for the sports industry on the use of sporting data relating to individual players, a group of over 400 current and former football players are reported to have joined a ...

13 January 2021
Collaboration after COVID-19 – a new era for football broadcasting rights?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/collaboration-after-covid-19-a-new-era-for-football-broadcasting-rights

DAZN and the J.League, Japanese football’s top league, recently announced a restructure of their broadcasting partnership that will see the annual rights fee received by the J.League reduced, but in return for this the ...

23 January 2017
Swimming against the stream: preventing live streaming of sporting events
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/swimming-against-the-stream-preventing-live-streaming-of-sporting-events

This article looks at the current law and the protection it affords sport rights owners, whether the law sufficiently protects those rights in the face of developing technologies, and what steps rights owners may ...