On Friday, July 19, 2024, the 6th annual conference on "Revenue Streams in Esports" of the Research Center for Esports Law took place in cooperation with LHR Rechtsanwälte Köln and HLB Schumacher Hallermann at the Faculty of Law of the University of Augsburg. The footage of the conference can be accessed on YouTube via the following link...

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the joint event of the Research Center for Esports Law with the University of Vienna and the law firm Schönherr Rechtsanwälte took place on the topic of "Virtual Items - especially in Lootboxes" in the offices of the law firm Schönherr Rechtsanwälte in Vienna. The footage of the event can be accessed on YouTube via the following link...

On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, the Research Center for Esports Law organized a further joint presentation with the University of Vienna and the law firm Stadler Völkel Rechtsanwälte on the topic of "New Trends in Esports Law", in particular with regard to cheating, lootboxes and sports promotion from a German and Austrian perspective. The event took place in the offices of...

On Friday, September 15, 2023, the 5th annual conference of the Research Center for Esports Law took place on the topic of "Integrity in Esports" in cooperation with the Cologne Game Lab and LHR Rechtsanwälte Köln. The venue was the Cologne Game Lab at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. The footage of the conference can be accessed on YouTube via...

On Monday, July 31, 2023, the Research Center for Esports Law organized a joint symposium with the University of Vienna and the law firm STADLER VÖLKEL Rechtsanwälte on the topic of "Youth Protection in Esports" at the University of Vienna (in the Juridicum Vienna). Moderated by Prof. Dr. Christian Piska, the following presentations were held...

On Thursday, June 29, 2023, Professor Dr. Maties gave a lecture on the topic of "Cheating as a breach of duty under a contract of employment" at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. The lecture was also streamed online. With the steadily increasing presence of Esports, new legal problems arise, particularly in employment law. Professor Dr. Maties examined these problems in the course...

On November 4, 2022, the 4th annual conference of the Research Center for Esports Law took place on the topic of "The Influence of the publisher on the Ecosystems in Esports" at RCADIA Hamburg. The intention of the event was to provide a platform for the exchange of views and discussions on current legal topics in Esports. The 4th annual conference focused on...

As an (international) follow-up to the Colloquium: Sports Betting, Esports and Compliance, the Research Center for Esports Law and the law firm Stadler Völkel Rechtsanwälte organized the Symposium: Esports, Sports Betting and Gambling in Vienna. The main topics were betting on Esports events, gambling regulation and lootboxes. These topics were discussed by...

At the event on May 12, 2022 at the Esport Factory Osnabrück, the topic of virtual items in computer games was discussed in more detail. The event focused on the civil law aspects relating to such items, the economic and tax law considerations, criminal law issues, as well as the risk to and the protection of minors...

On October 7, 2021, the third annual conference of the Augsburg-based Research Center for Esports Law (FeSR) took place in cooperation with the Hochschule Mittweida. The annual conference of the FeSR thus formed the legal part of the Esports theme week organized at the Hochschule Mittweida. Due to the developments in practice, the research center made...

In bright sunshine, an exciting day started for the participants of the first conference of the Research Center for Esports Law (FeSR) themed "Politics, Practice and Science in Dialogue". At the University of Augsburg, representatives from all relevant areas of esports came together ...