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Cases · Specialist sectors · Sports, athletes & sporting institutions

Protect a sports brand and its merchandise

Fake merchandise with our club or athlete brand is being sold. What can we do?

WONE Global registers the rights, records them with customs and takes action against sellers, online and on the ground.

Countries in the typical case India · United Arab Emirates · Bangladesh

The situation

What is happening

A club, league or athlete brand is being copied on merchandise abroad.

What is at stake

Counterfeit merchandise takes revenue from clubs, leagues and athletes and damages the brand with fans.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

Cricket leagueSport and entertainment · from India · in United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Bangladesh

It finds counterfeit team shirts sold in three countries.

Where it ends Fewer fakes.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Counterfeit sports merchandise”“Licensing sports merchandise abroad”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global registers the rights, records them with customs and takes action against sellers, online and on the ground.

Usually led by Trade marks, patents and brands, with Customs, trade and export controls and Disputes and arbitration.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Rights recorded.
  2. Week 2Takedowns.
  3. Weeks 3-6Seller actions.
  4. ThenMonitoring.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Registration gaps by country
  2. 02Licensing programme for official merchandise
  3. 03Enforcement against counterfeiters

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Trade mark filings
  • Licensing agreements
  • Enforcement actions and customs recordals

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsTrade marks, patents and brands2 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedCustoms, trade and export controlsArranged on request→
  3. Often involvedDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Trade marks, patents and brands, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Bangladeshin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Poland WONE Global Partner Anna Pawlikowska · Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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