An İstanbul court ruled to block access to Periscope, a live video streaming app owned by Twitter, during the broadcasting of Turkey’s Süper Lig soccer games, Asharq Al-Awsat news reported.
The decision follows a move by Digitürk, a Turkish satellite television provider, to stop Periscope from broadcasting soccer games without permission by taking the matter to court.
The case is expected to form a precedent for other platforms which broadcast sporting events without permission, Asharq Al-Awsat said. The court’s decision will come into effect on Aug.10, the kick-off day for Süper Lig’s new season.
A Turkish court had previously ruled in June 2018 in a controversial trademark case that Periscope will be blocked in Turkey if it keeps the same name following a Turkish advertising company titled Periscope İletişim had sued Twitter, as well as Apple and Google, at the İstanbul 2nd Court of Intellectual Property Rights last year.
The company said it had registered the trademark in Turkey before Periscope was founded in the US in 2015. It claimed that Twitter’s mobile app, its account @Periscopeco and its website www.periscope.tv violated its trademark, while Google and Apple boosted this violation by favoring the US company on their platforms.
The court on June 12 had ordered Twitter to comply with the Turkish law regarding its use of the Periscope brand. If Twitter continues to use the Periscope brand in Turkey, the ruling says, then the live streaming app, as well as its @periscopeco account on Twitter and its website on www.periscope.tv, would be blocked by the authorities.
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