FIFA's clash with a South African jeweller

"...Uwe Koetter Jewellers have had to withdraw their recently announced design competition after receiving a letter from FIFA. FIFA made it clear in their letter that anything short of complete abandonment of the competition would be seen as an infringement of FIFA’s intellectual property. Uwe Koetter Jewellers had wanted to present each player in the winning World Cup team with a piece of jewellery that had been designed by a South African as a lasting memento of their victory in South Africa..."

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