Law and Esport

On the subject of player contracts, I have already written a great many here on the blog, e.g. on the...

On the topic of when and whether an esports team should consider a player an employee or a contractor, I've...

In line with my article from yesterday regarding possible reclaim claims from clients against contractors, I received an inquiry from...

What legal form should you aim for if you want to start or professionalize an esports team? The answer to...

Even if it is always such a thing to call something a new field of law, but at the latest...

For a while, I had offered sample contracts for esports teams here on the blog. However, due to the change...

Here on the blog, I regularly try to familiarize young startups from the esports, social media or games sector with...

Recently I wrote a few key points about what you might have to consider when signing a contract for a...

Attention: Since Skype for Business is currently not working satisfactorily, and since in the Esport area every person should have...

The DOSB (German Olympic Sports Confederation) has commissioned a legal opinion on the concept of sport in connection with Esport,...

Recently I gave an interview to the German Lawyer Hotline about Esport, a few current topics in Esport and my...

On January 09, 2019, the first university research center for esports law (FeSR) in Germany was founded at the Faculty...

The topic of "violence in computer games" is probably as old as any other topic in the computer games industry....

Newzoo has published the Global Esports Market Report 2019. It provides a detailed look at the economics of Esports -...

For the first time in Germany, the German Sport University Cologne examined the training and health behavior of 1,200 esport...

While sports federations reject esports, politicians continue to put their money where their mouth is and continue to advocate esports....

The Greens are getting serious about esports and are putting the topic of esports on the agenda of the Sports...

The German Olympic Sports Confederation has rejected eSports or, as the professionals from Frankfurt call it, eGaming, and refused to...

Player contracts in esport. What should i consider? In the past, it was unusual for players to have their own...

The industry of streamers and e-sports enthusiasts is very young compared to other industries and therefore also for lawyers and...