UK horserace betting right: at odds with EU law?

Margoni, T. and Van, R. (2015) UK horserace betting right: at odds with EU law? European Intellectual Property Review, 37(8), pp. 479-483.

Abstract

About ten years after a previous initiative to replace the Horserace Betting Levy was abandoned following a judgment from the Court of Justice (CJ), the UK government announced that it will introduce a Horserace Betting Right and repeal Levy that to date has cross-subsidised horseracing. In this comment, the authors warn that the implementation of a Betting Right could be problematic from an EU law perspective. The UK government, and any other interested EU legislator, should reconsider the opportunity of a specifically devised betting right.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Margoni, Dr Thomas
• Authors: Margoni, T., and Van, R.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Journal Name: European Intellectual Property Review
• Publisher: Sweet and Maxwell
• ISSN: 0142-0461
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 Sweet and Maxwell
• First Published: First published in European Intellectual Property Review 37(8):479-483
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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