US Chess Federation Sued for Homeschool Discrimination Ahead of ‘Super-Nationals’ By George Khoury, Esq. on May 12, 2017 3:14 PM The United States Chess Federation was recently sued by a group of angry parents who alleged the organization was...
Carter: AGON is entitled to make a profit, but not by limiting the flow of information
There’s Legal Intrigue at the World Chess Match NOV 15, 2016 12:07 PM EST By Stephen L. Carter Does information really want to be free? That’s the question hanging over the world chess championship match being contested this month in...
Russian Court Rejected AGON’s Lawsuit Regarding Broadcasting Moves
I have said this many times as precedence has been set in the past in various courts. One simply cannot copyright chess moves. Today, the Russian Commercial Court agreed with this and tossed the lawsuit by AGON against...
Servers CAN broadcast moves in spite of attempts by AGON to block
U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from airing moves Nov 10 Organizers of the World Chess Championship on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to block rival website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the...
Chess bullying tactic or the wave of the future?
Chess group sues to block websites from reporting on tournament By Julia Marsh November 8, 2016 | 8:04pm In a surprise gambit, the organizers of the World Chess Championship have sued to block three websites from reporting on plays...
AGON sues Chess Servers again
World Chess Championship officials sue to stop pirating of match Reuters By Laila Kearney Nov 7, 2016, 5:02 PM Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves...
Quinn Emanuel law firm to represent Russian Chess Federation
The international law firm Quinn Emanuel will represent the interests of the Russian Chess Federation (the – “RCF”) in connection with publication of the false information about the RCF President Andrey Filatov. The engagement agreement has been signed today....
Online cheating allegation leads to lawsuit
Chess coach: I’m not a cheater!By Kathianne BonielloNovember 16, 2013 | 11:28pm A Long Island man claims he was kicked off Chess.com and slapped with a scarlet “C” — for chess cheat. “I was put on a cheater list,”...
A legal case against the AICF
Players move Delhi HC against AICFThe writer has posted comments on this article PTI | Oct 17, 2012, 09.03PM IST NEW DELHI: The Centre’s response was sought by the Delhi high court on a PIL alleging that the All India...
FIDE Legal Matters in Review
Posted by Chessdom.com On Sunday September 9th at the 38th FIDE Congress, FIDE Treasurer and Executive Director Nigel Freeman reviewed for the General Assembly the status of the lawsuits along with the financial implications. 2012 FIDE General Assembly –...