{"id":156328,"date":"2026-05-22T15:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=156328"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:50:50","slug":"drs-authorship-what-are-the-options-available-to-the-icc-to-resolve-the-dispute-intellectual-property-between-senaka-weeraratna-father-of-drs-and-the-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/05\/22\/drs-authorship-what-are-the-options-available-to-the-icc-to-resolve-the-dispute-intellectual-property-between-senaka-weeraratna-father-of-drs-and-the-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"DRS AUTHORSHIP – What are the options available to the ICC to resolve the dispute (intellectual property) between Senaka Weeraratna, father of DRS, and the ICC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy : AI Overview<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The International Cricket Council (ICC)<\/strong> has several distinct non-litigious, institutional, and symbolic options to resolve the ongoing intellectual property and authorship dispute with Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna. [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weeraratna\u2019s legal representatives\u2014including Sydney-based law firm Carroll and O’Dea\u2014maintain that he pioneered the modern four-pillar framework of the Decision Review System (DRS) through his 1997 “Player Referral” concept published in The Australian<\/em>. Conversely, the ICC’s historical legal stance is that Weeraratna waived confidentiality by publishing his idea openly without a patent, and that the modern DRS evolved progressively via committee refinements. [1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To resolve this impasse outside of standard court litigation, the ICC has the following procedural and reparative options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n