Research on the Legal Protection of Sports Event Industry in China

The sporting event industry revenue mainly depends on the market development of sports broadcasting right and sports event mark.This article analyzed the concept and classification of the sport event industry.The study suggests that the sporting event industry has a high correlation,forming a system and complex industrial chain,and the sports event can be divided into five major categories.analyzed the legislation,enforcement,judicial protection status and problems of sports events broadcasting rights and sports events.The present situation of the legal protection of the sporting event industry in China includes the following aspects:the sports event marking legislation is stronger than the sports broadcasting rights legislation;the law enforcement intensity of the protection of the Olympic mark is much higher than the general competition mark law enforcement;Although some court cases related to the judicial decision on the sports events broadcast rights and sports events appeared,due to the nature of sports broadcasting rights law does not define clearly,there is a big difference in the verdict,and so forth.Besides,there are still some problems in China's sporting event industry,low-level legislation and the lack of systemic;lack of accountability and tort relief system;investment and financing mechanisms are inadequate legal protection;the lack of industry self-regulation;law enforcement agencies to combat is not strong,etc.This article draw on the analysis of the sporting event industry in the protection of the US experience in the event marks,taxation,sports broadcasting right bill,copyright law,broadcasting network and other related aspects,and finally put forward several safeguard measures of perfecting sports industry legislation,improving implementation capacity of administrative law enforcement,improving the sports industry investment and financing policy,strengthening the self-discipline of industry of sports events industry,severely attacking all kinds of sports event infringement act etc.