Intellectual Property Rights & U.S. Professional Sports

The purpose of this hands-on reference text book is to be a user-friendly go-to source for both practitioners and scholars on the applications and impacts of Intellectual Property Law in United States Professional sports sector. Scholars such as undergraduates, graduate students and their professors specializing in Sports Administration and Management, Sports Finance and Economics, Sports Business and Events, Leisure and Recreation Management amongst other related sub-disciplines will find the book extremely valuable. Practitioners such as primary, high school and college level athletic directors as well as private, public and non-profit parks and recreation centers can also find immense value in using the brief book.

Peter Omondi-Ochieng, PhD, M.S.: Has taught and supervised undergraduate and graduate students in Australia and the U.S.A., in Sports Law, Finance and Management. He is currently the coordinator and Director of the Center of Sports Success at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.