eprintid: 36915
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2019-06-17 14:38:23
lastmod: 2019-06-17 14:38:23
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type: book_section
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: madison@pitt.edu
eprint_status: archive
creators_name: Madison, Michael J
creators_email: madison@pitt.edu
creators_id: MADISON
creators_orcid: 0000-0001-6503-754X
title: The Football as Intellectual Property Object
ispublished: pub
divisions: sch_law_law
divisions: sch_law_law_facultypub
full_text_status: public
keywords: Intellectual property, IP, patent, trademark, legal history, law and technology, IP, football, soccer, FIFA, World Cup, sport, sporting goods, Adidas, Nike, Mitre, Select
abstract: The histories of technology and culture are filled with innovations that emerged and took root by being shared widely, only to be succeeded by eras of growth framed by intellectual property. The Internet is a modern example. The football, also known as the pelota, ballon, bola, balón, and soccer ball, is another, older, and broader one. The football lies at the core of football. Intersections between the football and intellectual property law are relatively few in number, but the football supplies a focal object through which the great themes of intellectual property have shaped the game: origins; innovation and standardization; and relationships among law and rules, on the one hand, and the organization of society, culture, and the economy, on the other.
date: 2019
date_type: published
publisher: Cambridge University Press
place_of_pub: Cambridge
pagerange: 312-319
refereed: FALSE
isbn: 110842001X
book_title: A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects
editors_name: Op den Kamp, Claudy
editors_name: Hunter, Daniel AD
related_url_url: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3078911
citation:   Madison, Michael J  (2019) The Football as Intellectual Property Object.   In:  A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects.   Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 312-319.  ISBN 110842001X     
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/36915/1/madison.football.pdf