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Intellectual Property Rights
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Legal Committee Report 2022
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NFTs are a new avenue for businesses to increase online revenues and brand presence. But how do you protect your NFT revenue?
While COVID led to pauses in proposals, enactments and enforcement of global legislation, a number of geographies continued to enact laws that significantly impacted the sporting goods industry.
Since the WFSGI is a global industry federation, this article compares in a nutshell the European legal environment with the current competition landscape in two other key markets, the UK and the U.S.
While the underlying drivers of counterfeit goods trade have not changed in the past years, the pandemic has shaken up the market. Lee Bumgarner gives us some insight into his work in the Philippines as an IPR Investigator
This article deals with the substantial revision of EU competition laws in the area of vertical supply relationships in 2022. This is not just a legal topic, but of strategic importance and relevance for decision-makers at manufacturer/brand/wholesale and retail level
A few years ago, international sports manufacturers, brands and retailers agreed that some of the information on and with their sporting goods could be digitized.
Sports equipment, including bicycles and bicycle parts, is high on the list of most frequent product recalls. According to the OECD Global Recalls Database, there have been around 2000 product recalls in the sporting goods industry in the past 10 years
LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CHAIR
Jochen Schaefer
WFSGI Legal Counsel
VICE-CHAIRS
Alistair Kilgour
General Counsel, Pentland Brands Ltd.
Dora Zachou
Brand Protection Team Lead, Nike Inc.
Dr. Markus A. Kürten
Head of Compliance, adidas AG
MEMBERS
Marcel Apfel
Vice President International Legal, Umbro, General Counsel, Iconix Brand Group
John Carriero
Senior Director of Brand Protection, Under Armour, Inc.
Paul Gauron
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, New Balance Athletics, Inc.
Michael Gerrits
Global Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance Director – Legal Counsel, Nike Inc.
Johannes Binner
Marketing Manager – Brand and Product, Schwalbe – Ralf Bohle GmbH
Peter N. Baehr
General Counsel Europe/EMEA, PUMA SE
Romain Codron
Legal advisor, Decathlon
Dr. Koleva Raliza
Head of Governance and Compliance Chief Compliance Officer, PUMA SE
Roeby Tjemkes
Legal Officer, Shimano Europe BV
Dominic Elsaesser
Head of Legal, Scott Sports SA
Toni Garcia
Director of Government and Public Affairs, EMEA, Nike, Inc.
Roberto Grasso
Director of Legal Affairs, Columbia Sportswear Company
Takeshi Horikomi
Senior General Manager, Legal & IP Division and Deputy Director, ASICS Corp.
Frank Nicoud
Regional Legal Counsel, Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
Scott King
Co-Founder, SRAM Corp.
Fabiola Quintavalle
Legal Counsel, Arena
EX OFFICIO
Charlotte Giudicelli
Head of Legal
MANDATE
The Legal Committee facilitates and enhances the interaction, information exchange and co-operation between the WFSGI members on the latest international legal developments within the Sporting Goods Industry. This neutral platform offers the advantage of enabling to develop concrete and tangible solutions to address emerging legal challenges.
CONTACT
For more information about the WFSGI Legal Committee please contact:
Charlotte Giudicelli, WFSGI Head of Legal, cgiudicelli@wfsgi.org
XENER & by ATEX is the Made in Italy excellence in the design and production of lithium battery packs, BMS, motor drivers, integrated with IoT technologies, for the e-mobility industry and off-grid devices.
Gominga provides a software solution that enables tool-based interaction with the customer: review management in one-stop shop and on various eBusiness platforms. WFSGI partnered with Gominga to support its members in managing online product reviews.
McKinsey & Company is a consulting firm advising on strategic management to corporations, governments, and other organizations. WFSGI partnered with McKinsey & Company to support its members in understanding their business environment and take the right business decisions. Among others, sports brands and retailers have been advised on how to cope with the “new normal” that is shaping as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
ISPO is the s the world’s largest trade fair for sporting goods and sportswear. WFSGI partnered with ISPO to enable its members to benefit from a couple of ISPO discounts (booths, entrance tickets).