Premier League hits six major UK internet providers including Sky with legal application
The Premier League has issued new legal proceedings in the High Court against several internet service providers, including Sky and BT.
On Wednesday, the organisation which runs the world’s richest domestic football league filed an intellectual property claim to the High Court.
The claim names six ISPs – along with Sky and BT they are listed as EE, which is also owned by BT, Yorkshire-based Plusnet, TalkTalk and Virgin Media, according to the claims system.
The Premier League has instructed City-based law firm DLA Piper.
The Premier League has previously brought action against ISPs over web blocking. Back in 2017, it filed a claim against the same providers in the Business List of the High Court.
The Premier League’s application required the defendants to take measures to block, or at least impede, access by their customers to streaming servers which deliver illegal live streams of top-flight footage to UK consumers.
Those defendants were noted in a judgment to not have had any legal representatives for the case. It is understood that the ISPs were fully compliant, resulting in the High Court granting the order.
The English top flight is a prominent figure at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, having filed eight claims over the last three years – usually over copyright and design right issues.
Recently, the Premier League issued a stark warning over using an illegal IPTV as a streaming operation used by 900,000, which has been closed down.
The parties have been approached for comment.
This story has been updated.