The International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body for international cricket, has selected two Bangalore-based boutique firms to provide legal advice to the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in India.
Copyright Integrity International (CII) and the law offices of Nandan Kamath (NK) will both work closely with the ICC’s in-house legal team on rights protection and general commercial matters.
CII will provide the ICC with a host of commercial rights-protection and anti-piracy services such as online content and broadcast protection, comprehensive trademark and brand protection and media terms enforcement. The programme will work to protect the ICC’s IP rights from threats of piracy, ambush marketing and unlicensed use.
Campbell Jamieson, the ICC’s GM- Commercial, said it was CII’s previous experience in working on such events played a major role in its appointment.
"We have previously worked with CII on rights protection around previous ICC events and have been very happy with its services. We are delighted to extend its mandate to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011," he said.
CII counts numerous national and provincial Cricket Boards as regular clients and advised the ICC on IP issues relating to the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies earlier this year.
Sports law boutique, Nandan Kamath will provide general legal advice to the event. The three-lawyer firm, which was started in 2006 by ex-Davis Polk attorney Nandan Kamath, has acted for some of the largest organisations and personalities in international sport.ALB
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