From May 15 to May 16, 2018, Mr. David Wu, partner of Llinks Law Offices, was invited to attend Sportel Summit in Miami of the United States. Presidents and decision makers of major sports companies from all over the world, as well as senior practitioners, experts and scholars, amounting to about 200 in total, participated in this summit. Mr. Wu was the only Chinese lawyer invited in the summit. In addition, other Chinese guests who participated in the summit included Zhu Xiaodong, CEO of Oceans Marketing Excitement, Yang Dongwei, CEO of Wanda Sports, Ma Guoli, Consultant to the Chairman of China Basketball Association (CBA), etc.
Under the host of Mr. Ronan David, the editor in chief of Football Legal, as the world famous football law magazine, Mr. Wu made a keynote speech, on the topic of the current status and legal issues of E-Games and E-Sports industry, together with several foreign legal experts. From the perspective of domestic E-sports and E-sports industry practice, Mr. Wu introduced to the participants such hot topics, regarding E-Games and E-Sports industry in China, the development trend, the consumer market, the investment potential, etc. At the same time, Mr. Wu also proposed his own opinions and pertinent suggestions on the legal derivative problems arisen in the course of the development of Chinese E-Sports industry, such as the right of broadcasting in E-Sports, the anti-addiction protection of young people, etc.
Brief Introduction of Sportel Summit:
Sportel Summit, founded in 1990 with the support of Prince Albert II of Monaco, who is also a member of International Olympic Committee, is an important sports marketing and sports media conference in global sports industry. In the past 28 years, only those who were invited may have rights to attend Sportel Summit. The invitees of the annual meeting are senior industry personnel from international various sports TV stations, sports federations, sports marketing agencies, sporting events companies, sports copyright parties, distributors, technology companies and new media.
