Premier League: an office opened in Singapore to fight piracy in the Asia-Pacific region

The Premier League has opened an international office in the Tanjong Pagar district of Singapore, on 14/01/2019. The main objective of the office is "to fight piracy of Premier League content and support broadcast partners," said the Premier League.

"This will include deploying the league's hugely successful enforcement programme across multiple markets and assisting licensees with activation of their rights and promotion of the competition. Singapore has one of the most developed, effective and influential legal structures in the region with a long history of recognising intellectual property rights," added the English league.

"The Asia-Pacific region is strategically important for the Premier League and its clubs. Singapore provides an excellent location for our first international office and we look forward to using this base to support our many broadcast partners across the region. Equally, it is critical that we now deploy local resource and expertise to combat the increasing threat of piracy which undermines all stakeholders in the creative industry," said Paul Molnar…