Watching World Cup 2014 in Kenya: FIFA’s Media and Public Viewing Rights

Tonight the Brazil 2014™ FIFA World Cup™ (WC) kicks off in the South American nation of Brazil! As previously discussed here, FIFA has developed and protected an assortment of logos, words, titles, symbols and other trade marks to be used in relation to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ (the Official Marks). In order to attract funding to stage such a large event, FIFA offers its partners, sponsors and supporters the exclusive rights to use of the Official Marks for promotional and advertising purposes.

In this post, we shall consider FIFA’s intellectual property (IP) rights in the broadcasts and public view of the WC. It is clear that all copyright and other (IP) rights subsisting in, and all goodwill associated with, broadcast coverage of the WC are exclusively owned by FIFA and protected by domestic and international law. In this regard, FIFA distinguishes between broadcasters who are defined as Media Rights Licensees and exhibitors who stage Public Viewing Events in relation to any matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.

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