Statements made by Panini inside a private sales pitch …

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Statements made by Panini inside a private sales pitch meeting, as well as within a 90-page confidential document given to potential buyers earlier this year and seen by The Athletic, raise questions about Panini’s court claims that the company would be seriously harmed without NFL, NBA and other top league licenses — the key to allowing team names and logos to appear on sports cards. In its ongoing lawsuit against Fanatics, Panini claims that “any firm that fails to win the rights to produce and sell trading cards for players of at least one of the Leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA) is eliminated as a competitor” in those markets.

New York Times

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