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For fans of the beautiful game (aka football or soccer is it known in the USA and Canada), the quadrennial Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup is binge-watching fantasy. Attracting an audience measured in the billions, it’s an enormously popular and expensive commercial enterprise that showcases innovation in all facets of its operation. From stadium construction and pre-tournament fitness training, to communication with referees and broadcasting technology, the FIFA World Cup™ integrates invention and new technology in thousands of ways. In this post, we highlight some of the more notable intellectual property of the World Cup.

Patriotism is on full display in the United States every July 4, and Independence Day is the highlight of summer for tens of millions of Americans. The day is typically celebrated with parades, red and white bunting, Revolutionary War imagery and lots of food and drink.

Not surprisingly, intellectual property is found throughout the day’s festivities. We thought it would be fun to research the IP of the Fourth of July and look at some of the patents and trademarks that help us do, drink, eat and celebrate the day. (Clicking on the titles will take you to the respective Google Patent page).

We have an amazing and diverse customer base at IPfolio that ranges from Fortune 100s to dynamic technology startups in the Silicon Valley and the north island of New Zealand.

Continuing the latest installment of IP Answers, IDT’s Legal Director of Intellectual Property and Licensing Bruce Elder explains how in-house counsel can get attention and budget from the C-suite for their IP program.