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CHAPTER IV – COMMERCIAL AND SPONSORSHIP

Article 133 - Commercial Rights

1. The ownership of the FEI title and FEI logos; the titles, logos, and Competition formulae of
all FEI-named Events are vested with the FEI.
1.1. The FEI owns all Official International Ranking Lists and is the beneficial owner of any and
all intellectual property rights which may now or at any time in the future exist anywhere in
the world in respect of any data or information resulting from the ranking of Athletes and
Horses competing at the Events and Competitions held under its authority.
1.2. The FEI is the absolute and outright legal and beneficial owner of any and all intellectual
property rights which may now or at any time in the future exist anywhere in the world in
respect of any data or information relating to the Events. No one may collect or exploit any
data or information relating to the Events and Competitions without the FEI's prior written
authorisation. To the extent any such person or entity is deemed to own or control rights to
such data or information by operation of applicable law, that person or entity hereby assigns
to the FEI all such existing and (by present assignment of future rights) all such future rights
(including intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights) in that data or
information. NFs are allowed to use, free of charge, the data of the Events held in their
territory and the data of their Athletes regardless of where they compete. In addition, OCs
shall also be entitled to use, free of charge, the data of their own Event.
1.3 The FEI has the exclusive right to exploit the aforesaid properties through all media,
including new media, Internet and TV in all its forms, as well as for sponsorship, betting,
and marketing purposes according to the conditions set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 below.
2. With regard to FEI-named Events, an Agreement shall be reached between the FEI and the
relevant NF and OC, which defines their respective rights and duties related to the
exploitation of all commercial properties and the possible sharing of the revenues therefrom.
2.1. The Agreement shall recognise previous commitments of the relevant NF and OC and resolve
any possible conflicts.
2.2. Subject to the provisions in paragraph 3, the normal basis for the Agreement will be the
license to the relevant NF and OC of the commercial properties for a fee established by the
FEI for each Category of FEI Championship or Event and for possible profit sharing.
2.3. With regard to the FEI-named Series and Competitions organised as a part of other Events,
the Agreement shall be reached between the FEI and the relevant NF and OC which shall
respect previous commitments of the relevant NF and OC, unless otherwise agreed.
3. The terms of the Agreement must be finalized before the Board confirms the final allocation
of the Event and/or the approval of the FEI-named Series or Competition. The exploitation
of all commercial properties, betting and TV rights must be negotiated in such a way as to
assure the feasibility of the Event, FEI-named Series or Competition concerned, taking into
consideration the technical and sporting conditions and the promotion of equestrian sport.
4. If an FEI-named Event has a title sponsor, the sponsor's name may appear in conjunction
with the relevant title.
5. FEI Championships, FEI World Cup™ Finals and FEI Nations Cup Series must use the official
logos of the FEI on all posters and on the front page of all schedules and programmes.
6. CIOs must use the official logos of the FEI on all posters and on the front page of all
schedules and programmes.

Article 134 - Sponsored Teams

In order to take part in FEI Events, sponsored teams must be registered with the FEI in
accordance with the relevant Sport Rules.

Article 135 - Advertising on Athletes and Horses and Promotion

1. Athletes participating in an Event agree to be filmed, televised, photographed, identified,
interviewed and otherwise recorded during the Event for the purposes of the media coverage
of the Event (by means of all and any media throughout the world in perpetuity) and the
promotion of the sport. Athletes therefore assign with full title guarantee in perpetuity to
the FEI all rights of any nature in any such recordings. Athletes agree that their name and
image and any photographs and moving images taken of them at an Event may be used by
the FEI and/or OC for the purposes of publicising the Event and promoting the sport.
2. At all Events, except Regional and Olympic Games under the patronage of the IOC, Athletes
may wear clothing and use equipment (including, but not limited to, riding equipment and

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