American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, 560 U.S. 183 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the ability of teams in the National Football League to conspire for purposes of a violation of §1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Before that date the NFL teams marketed their IP rights individually.

[1] Between 1963 and 2000, the NFLP granted nonexclusive licenses to various suppliers permitting the manufacture and resale of apparel bearing team insignias.

In December 2000, the teams voted to authorize the NFLP to begin granting exclusive licenses.

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