Today, intellectual property rights as one of the axes of development in countries has double values. If you can identify intellectual property on the one hand to attract investment and tourism, and on the other hand leads to job creation that would revolutionize the urban economy. The sports industry in Iran including new fields that support in the form of intellectual property is in the making. Intellectual property rights that include rights that have economic value and trade, and its subject is not material object but also the effect of human intellectual activity and covers. These rights are identified as the right to control the duplication of work and other applications for a limited time in different countries law. This article attempts to show the different manifestations of the spiritual, and the relationship between it and the importance of sport in Iran.
Also, theft of intellectual property belonging to another means that virtually variety, freshness, innovation is dead in business and sports industry and countless groups are using from other efforts to free benefit. Therefore, this process can slow or disrupt the development of the sports industry and plunged citizens into deep confusion and provide misuses of significant number of people. Therefore, in this article at first we should provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles and concepts of intellectual property rights, and then on the basis of studies benchmarks, we should identify the examples of intellectual property rights in Iran's sports.
Examples of sports industry in accordance with the intellectual property in two cases related to sports individuals and sports organizations can be divided examples. In the first part, examples of such movements and sports, as well as examples of athletes with character including name, picture, voice, signature even athletes shirt number, including intellectual property rights are protected. In the second part, the television broadcasting rights to sporting events and sports, as well as signs and symptoms such as symbols, symbols, names and residence clubs, sporting events name, motto for clubs, teams and clothing designs ... as examples of sports institutions protection of intellectual property rights are issues. Issues related to intellectual property rights, economic interests and benefits for the sports industry. Therefore, should exercise authority in the development and formulation of new rules and regulations of international and national efforts in this regard.