Mgr. Hovsep Kocharyan, Ph.D.

Head of Legal Department at Artlex Consult s.r.o.; Post-Doctoral Legal Researcher; Member of CLAiR - Czech Law and Advanced Technologies Research Institute at Palacký University Olomouc (UPOL)

Czechia

Experienced Senior Lawyer and Head of Legal Department specialized in MiCA & Crypto Law, FinTech, AML/CFT, GDPR, DORA, TFR, NIS2 Compliance, Financial Services, Data Protection, Contract, and Corporate Laws.

AML/CFT Compliance Expert & FinTech Lawyer skilled in providing legal and business support for AML/CFT compliance, payment systems (PSD2), crypto-industry, GDPR, data protection, and corporate and investment law across several jurisdictions, including the Czech Republic, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania, UK, SVG, BVI, El Salvador, etc..

PhD in Public International Law & EU Law Legal researcher specializing in digital law, supported by grants at leading European universities. Published Author & Co-author of Scopus and WoS-indexed papers and grant projects addressing key legal issues like the right to be forgotten, EU digital sovereignty, and Internet access in EU law in cooperation with researchers from renowned institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), University of Zurich (Switzerland), University of Oslo (Norway), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Comenius University (Slovakia), TalTech University (Estonia), and Ivane Javakhishvili University (Georgia).

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Academic Article
03/03/2026
Balancing monopolisation and innovation in the esports industry: searching for aurea mediocritas...

Esports has become an important phenomenon of the digital age. Despite the rapid development of the esports industry, its legal regulation involves numerous issues. One of the key issues is the monopoly position of video game IP rightsholders who have exclusive rights to their products, which in turn limits the development of independent esports disciplines. This article analyses the factors that contribute to monopolisation in esports; it considers legal and economic models of combating...