Esports Law and Practice serves as an authoritative guide to the rapidly expanding field of esports law. This comprehensive work provides detailed analysis of all aspects of this complex and multifaceted sector. It delves into the history and development of the evolving legal landscape, offering practical insights into the challenges and opportunities that esports presents.
Key Features:
Explores the relationship between esports and traditional sports
Provides a comprehensive overview of integrity and governance issues in esports
Covers dispute resolution mechanisms in the context of IP matters and investor-State disputes
Delves into key topics such as mergers and acquisitions, antitrust issues and tax considerations
Analyses governance structures and regulatory challenges, including the regulation of loot boxes, match-fixing, doping and employment contracts
Highlights the importance of intellectual property rights and examines the critical role of copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets in the esports industry
Esports Law and Practice is an indispensable resource for legal professionals specializing in esports and sports law. Practitioners in intellectual property law or international arbitration dealing with esports cases will find the book's detailed guidance on regulatory issues, disciplinary actions, and dispute resolution methods particularly beneficial. Policymakers, regulators, investors, business strategists, academics, and students interested in these legal areas will also find the work's theoretical and practical insights invaluable.
Contents
Preface xxiii
In Memoriam: Andrea Rizzi xxv
PART I ESPORTS, LEX SPORTIVA, AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
1 Essentials of esports law and practice 2
Leonid Shmatenko and Oleksandr Volkov
2 Esports and the Olympic Movement 9
Oleksandr Volkov, Veronika Hodlevska and Valeriia Yakimova
3 Esports – lex sportiva or lex mercatoria? 27
Ashot Kyureghyan
PART II ESPORTS UNDER THE PRISM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4 The organization of esports tournaments: An overview 45
Andrea Rizzi and Gaetano Dimita
5 The role of copyright and EULAs in the esports ecosystem 82
Despoina Farmaki
6 Intellectual property rights within esports: The future of NFTS and the metaverse 97
Dwayne Bach and Bo Huyn (Jenny) Kim
PART III ESPORTS IN THE CONTEXT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
7 Valuing esports organisations 122
Ekaterina Lohwasser and Francesco Di Ianni
8 Esports M&A – transaction documents 147
Karsten Faulhaber, Benedikt Midgal and Damien Simonot
9 Esports and antitrust law 171
Soojin Nam, Viktoria H.S.E. Robertson and Fabian Ziermann
10 International tax implications in esports 199
Masha Stolbova and Stanislau Lashkevich
PART IV GOVERNANCE IN THE ESPORTS REALM
11 Loot boxes, esports, and gambling laws 218
Darius Gambino
12 Match-fixing/betting fraud in esports 242
Bernhard Campara-Kopeinig and Daniel Diller
13 Doping and other illicit performance-enhancing practices in esports 289
Nick Williams
14 Esports employment contracts 314
Alex Polishuk
PART V ESPORTS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
15 Dispute resolution in esports 329
Anton Sotir
16 Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for intellectual property and commercial disputes in
the esports industry 372
Leandro Toscano, Oscar Suárez Bohórquez and Alexia Gkoritsa
17 Esports regulations and the potential for investor-state arbitration 395
Leonid Shmatenko and Anastasiia Dulska
Bibliography 426
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