Currently, Mr. Chambers Yang, founder partner of Haworth & Lexon Law Firm, is providing all-round legal services for Omega Mission Hills World Cup. Mission Hills, established in 1992, is the world’s No.1 Golf Club favored by many business leaders as their first choice for golf courses. Reputed as the “Olympics” for golf, the World Cup is by now the highest level of professional event and the only one that is competed among nations. With the approval of PGA (Professional Golf Association), the event will be staged from 2007 in Mission Hills China for a consecutive of 12 years. Meanwhile, Mission Hills also enjoys the priority in holding the event for the second 12-year. The event for 2007 will be inaugurated in Mission Hills in late November. Representatives from 32 nations and regions will compete for the awards that totally amount to U.S. $5million, and live TV shows of the games will be seen in more than 140 countries.
Serving as the legal advisor for Mission Hills, Mr. Yang provides legal services for the World Cup organizer during the whole event. The services include providing legal consultations and opinions relating to the event, drafting or examining relevant documents, participating in conferences and negotiations according to requirements, coordinating the legal relationship between the organizer and the promoters or sponsors of the event, arrange reasonably the rights and obligations of the well-known media, internet companies and the financial institutions, etc, which cover respects such as sports and entertainment, advertising, media, intellectual property rights, sponsorship and taxation. Mr. Yang has fully given the legal support to the preparation, successful holding and the promotion of the event.
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杨春宝一级律师,大成上海高级合伙人、资本市场部主任、国资基金研究中心主任,大成中国区私募基金专业带头人、科技与文化法律研究中心联合牵头人。执业30余年,长期从事私募基金、投融资、并购重组法律服务,尤其对对赌研究颇深且具有非常丰富的实战经验,并专注于金融机构股权投资业务。2004年起多次入选The Legal 500"私募基金"和"公司与商业"等境内外各类律师榜单,代理的中国法院首例适用外国法律审理外国公司的董事损害小股东权益纠纷案入选上海高院发布的《上海法院域外法查明典型案例》和威科先行"要案头条"。入选上海涉外法律人才库、上海市司法局鼎新法治人才库、上海国有企业改制法律顾问团,具有上市公司独立董事任职资格,系多家知名高校的兼职教授或兼职研究生导师及上海市商务委跨国经营人才培训班讲师。出版《私募股权投资基金风险防控操作实务》等16本投融资法律专著。了解更多常见法律问题
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国际体育赛事中的知识产权保护是赛事成功举办和商业价值实现的关键。实务中,律师首先需要协助赛事主办方构建完整的知识产权保护体系,包括对赛事名称、标识、吉祥物、口号等视觉元素进行商标注册和版权登记,并建立使用许可规则。对于赛事转播权,需通过合同明确授权范围,包括电视转播、网络转播、移动终端播放、广播电台直播等不同媒介形态,以及使用的地域范围和时间期限。同时,还应对赛事期间产生的摄影作品、各类文案、赛事集锦等衍生内容进行版权保护。在反隐性营销方面,律师需要制定相应规则,防止非赞助商通过暗示性宣传或搭便车行为,使公众误认为其与赛事存在赞助关系,对此可采取监控、警告、发函乃至提起诉讼等维权措施。另外,赛事特许商品的生产与销售也需要通过授权合同进行管理,明确商品种类、质量标准、生产数量及分成比例。在涉外赛事中,还应考虑跨境知识产权保护问题,可通过马德里商标国际注册等途径在相关国家获得保护,并关注网络环境下侵权行为的取证与管辖问题。实务操作中,建议建立知识产权保护工作团队,制定应急预案,并做好证据保全,以有效应对潜在侵权风险。
以上内容仅供参考,不构成法律意见。如需专业法律服务,请联系杨春宝一级律师:chambers.yang@dentons.cn



