Sports and Online Gaming | Spice Route Legal

We offer holistic advice to our clients in the digital gaming segment and some of the world’s largest sporting bodies, corporates, and sportspersons, covering regulatory compliances, product structuring, privacy, enforcement actions, and disputes.

Sports and Gaming

Spice Route Legal is often at the forefront of handling regulatory, intellectual property, data protection, technology licensing, and content distribution projects for global sports organisations and game developers. We provide comprehensive cross-border and multi-disciplinary advisory to cater to the specific business needs of our clients within the gaming industry and are adept at advising on local law nuances across the length and breadth of the country.

The team works with our award-winning Digital Identity, KYC, and Financial Services Regulatory practices to provide full-service solutions to sports and gaming companies operating in India.

Publications

Online Gaming (Regulation) Bill, 2022

INTRODUCTION The absence of a comprehensive national legislation on gaming has led to the imposition…

Live Streaming Video Games: Fair Dealing or Game Over?

There has never been a better time for streamers with more than 100 billion watch…

All India Gaming Federation v. State of Karnataka [Case No: WP 18703/2021]

OVERVIEW The Hon’ble Karnataka High Court on February 14, 2022 held certain provisions of the…

Work Highlights

Advised one of the largest European gaming content distribution networks on its partnerships with Reliance Jio, India's largest telco.

Advised the world’s largest social media company on several IP rights-related issues in the launch of a fantasy sports league, as well as on its sponsorship of the Australian Olympic Association for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Advised one of the largest telecommunication players in India on the launch of India’s largest self-sustaining gaming platform, the launch of a universal virtual gaming currency, and the classification of over 60 games as 'games of skill' or 'games of chance' based on gaming/gambling regulations.

Advised a Norwegian gaming referral service engine on various aspects of its global product launch.