Asia: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

The Delhi commercial court's intervention underscores the sanctity of lock-in clauses and the irreversibility of mid-term contractual abandonment.

A sponsorship may cover broadcast exposure, category exclusivity and association with the event. Two days before the event, a regulatory restriction makes the sponsor’s product difficult to advertise, while the rights holder continues to expect payment.The sponsor may therefore be paying for rights it can no longer use.

Online piracy has a structural feature that ordinary injunctions struggle with: when one infringing website is blocked, mirror sites, redirect links and slightly altered domain names appear almost immediately, hosting the same content. Requiring a rights holder to file fresh proceedings for each new address would make enforcement a game of whac-a-mole that the infringer always wins

A comprehensive weekly bulletin examining Asia's evolving gambling landscape, from Gen Z's controversial shift toward sports betting as a wealth-building strategy to Singapore's globally-recognized model for casino regulation. The report analyzes Macao's ambitious economic diversification plan targeting 60% non-gaming GDP by 2030, while documenting Taiwan's enforcement actions against illegal gaming modifications.

Hong Kong phases out its Electronic Shroff Card at betting branches while South Korea blocks Polymarket as illegal gambling and tightens regulation of claw machines. Vietnamese-based illegal gambling operations face prosecution as Asian jurisdictions intensify enforcement across digital and physical gaming platforms.

This weekly bulletin examines major developments across Asia's gaming sector, from Hong Kong Jockey Club's record-breaking HK$331.7 billion turnover and Pansy Ho's succession insights, to Macau casino operators leveraging luxury retail growth and South Korea's regulatory restructuring to combat illegal online gambling. The analysis explores how integrated resorts are diversifying revenue streams while governments intensify enforcement against offshore platforms.

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Can a claim for damages fail simply because the claimant cannot prove the exact rupee value of its loss? In a judgment pronounced by Arif S. Doctor, J. in Ultra Distributors Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s. Dhariwal Films Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., the Bombay High Court has conclusively answered No.

Online piracy has a structural feature that ordinary injunctions struggle with: when one infringing website is blocked, mirror sites, redirect links and slightly altered domain names appear almost immediately, hosting the same content. Requiring a rights holder to file fresh proceedings for each new address would make enforcement a game of whac-a-mole that the infringer always wins

With the evolution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) constantly growing in pace, countries around the world are scrambling to update their laws to tackle new challenges and opportunities posed by this technology.

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The Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department (IRD) recently provided further guidance on the foreign-sourced income exemption (FSIE) regime by publishing four new frequently...