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Betting Companies Have Rights

The lucrative online casino gambling industry has a tough road in some aspects –there seems to always be someone looking to take a piece out of the gambling groups. Internet gamblers themselves are often the culprit, but in the recent cases, the sports organizations in Europe are really starting to make strong trademark assertions from the land and online bookmakers. The latest case to come to a head in Belgium actually asserted the rights of the bookmakers –a court decision that only a few in the industry predicted. Traditionally, the court system is pretty tough on the online casinos and betting sites that appear before the courts because of the reputation of the industry as well as the large money backing land and internet gambling. In Belgium however, several sporting clubs just lost a trademark case against several bookmakers.

Several sports organizations all over Europe have sued land and online casino bookmakers for the use of the organization’s trademark in betting matters. The Belgian case has really hit the headlines and the courts denied that the bookmakers owed any money to the sports organizations because there is no direct link from the use of the organization’s trademark. Basically, the bookmaking industry is not “trading” on the names of these sports organizations, but rather running alongside these groups with no choice but to use their name and likeness to conduct business.

It is assumed that the result of this case will bode well for other online casinos and internet bookies facing court dates in France and other European countries. There is hope that the Belgian decision will set case precedence for these other pending cases.