GERMAN FOOTBALL CLUB ADVERTISING BAN CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL

7 September 2007

VfB Stuttgart can carry advertisements from BWIN again


The football sponsorship and advertising row continued in Germany this week with a successful challenge by VfB Stuttgart football club against a previous ban on Bwin online gambling group advertising by the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Reuters reports that the administrative court in Stuttgart ruled in favour of the football team, opening the way for continued advertising agreements between VfB Stuttgart and BWIN Interactive Entertainment AG, particularly regarding team shirt branding.

VfB Stuttgart can 'tentatively' carry advertisements from BWIN again, the Stuttgart court said in a press release. A two week "window" remains open for challenges to the Stuttgart court's decision.

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