INFORM: Sports Law – June 2025

This newsletter highlights key developments in sports, esports, and gaming laws in India and internationally. The sports sector continues to experience a growing emphasis on enhancing its regulatory framework through legislative reforms and judicial decisions.

The highlights of the current issue are:

Updates:

• Nintendo Sues Genki Over Trademark Infringement, Switch 2 Mockups
• Inside Haryana’s New Gambling Law
• AFI Mandates Prior Permission for Competing or Training Abroad
• Sports Ministry Mulls Lifting Ban on OCI Representation
• FIFA Revises Disciplinary Code to Further Counter Discriminatory Behaviour
• Sanctions on Norwegian Club Brann Over ‘UEFA Mafia’ Chants Overturned
• World Aquatics Adopts Bylaw Banning Enhanced Games’ Participants
• ITTF to Probe AGM Disruption Following Sorling’s Re-Election

Case Laws: 

• Non-Use: Court Orders Removal of ‘F1’ Trademark Registered under Class 36
• HC Dismisses Challenge to Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Regulations
• Winzo Ordered to Furnish Bank Guarantee of Rs 30 Lakh in Dispute Over Tagline
• Recognition Dispute: Delhi HC Reserves Order in Pickleball Case