25 June 2026FeaturesTrademarksCraig Savitzky, Pirical
The firms FIFA uses to defend its IP
FIFA's corruption trials got all the press, but there's a quieter legal fight that never stops: protecting its brand. Craig Savitzky of Pirical collates data on some of the firms doing FIFA's intellectual property work.
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