Football: four football players win in court against the UNFP and Panini for their image rights
Former Rennes player Jérémy Doku received compensation. MAXPPP – Richard Sellers
The Panini company and the UNFP were ordered on Wednesday May 15 by the courts to pay damages to four football players playing or having played in Ligue 1 or 2 and having contested the use of their image by Panini thumbnails.
Vincent Bessat (passed by Caen), Jérémy Pied (passed by Losc) as well as Jérémy Doku (Stade Rennais before playing in England at Manchester City) and Bruno Ecuele Manga, passed by Dijon, obtained from the courts the order of Panini and their union to pay them damages.
These professionals filed a civil interest complaint in October 2021 in Paris, against Panini and its albums of self-adhesive images published as part of the French football championship, deeming the use of their right to use illegal. ;#39;image transferred to Panini by their union, the UNFP (National Union of Professional Footballers).
The courts found that UNFP did not provide proof that its commercial subsidiary, linked by a contract with Panini, was the owner of the image rights players. Therefore, "it is not justified that it could in turn transfer exclusivity to the Panini company", according to the court. The infringement of image rights was therefore characterized, according to the judges. However, it is the commercial subsidiary of the UNFP which will have to pay damages.
Other players seek redress
"We are satisfied because the court granted our requests and was able to note that the exploitation of the image of footballers in the Panini images was abusive, so we hope that by this decision, this system which was deemed contrary to the law by the court be modified, the players' lawyer reacted to the AFP, Me Elie Dottelonde. This decision, which constitutes a precedent, could open the way for other players who have played in the French championship over the last five years to seek compensation.
L'UNFP, who reacted through his lawyer, Me Emmanuel Ronco, estimated that the court "reproaches us for not having provided the contract which binds the UNFP and the company Promofoot, a subsidiary of the UNFP. However, this contract exists. "The amounts of damages that we must pay are extremely low since the players claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars. #39;euros and that these sums ultimately amount in total to 6,500 euros or between 1,000 and 2,000 per player", he further indicated to l'AFP.
Two months to appeal
The parties have 2 months after notification of the judgment to appeal. In total, 15 players were behind legal action. The eleven others had been rejected before the examination of the merits of the file, their action having been judged inadmissible because time-barred.
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Football: four football players win in court against the UNFP and Panini for their image rights
Former Rennes player Jérémy Doku received compensation. MAXPPP – Richard Sellers
The Panini company and the UNFP were ordered on Wednesday May 15 by the courts to pay damages to four football players playing or having played in Ligue 1 or 2 and having contested the use of their image by Panini thumbnails.
Vincent Bessat (passed by Caen), Jérémy Pied (passed by Losc) as well as Jérémy Doku (Stade Rennais before playing in England at Manchester City) and Bruno Ecuele Manga, passed by Dijon, obtained from the courts the order of Panini and their union to pay them damages.
These professionals filed a civil interest complaint in October 2021 in Paris, against Panini and its albums of self-adhesive images published as part of the French football championship, deeming the use of their right to use illegal. ;#39;image transferred to Panini by their union, the UNFP (National Union of Professional Footballers).
The courts found that UNFP did not provide proof that its commercial subsidiary, linked by a contract with Panini, was the owner of the image rights players. Therefore, "it is not justified that it could in turn transfer exclusivity to the Panini company", according to the court. The infringement of image rights was therefore characterized, according to the judges. However, it is the commercial subsidiary of the UNFP which will have to pay damages.
Other players seek redress
"We are satisfied because the court granted our requests and was able to note that the exploitation of the image of footballers in the Panini images was abusive, so we hope that by this decision, this system which was deemed contrary to the law by the court be modified, the players' lawyer reacted to the AFP, Me Elie Dottelonde. This decision, which constitutes a precedent, could open the way for other players who have played in the French championship over the last five years to seek compensation.
L'UNFP, who reacted through his lawyer, Me Emmanuel Ronco, estimated that the court "reproaches us for not having provided the contract which binds the UNFP and the company Promofoot, a subsidiary of the UNFP. However, this contract exists. "The amounts of damages that we must pay are extremely low since the players claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars. #39;euros and that these sums ultimately amount in total to 6,500 euros or between 1,000 and 2,000 per player", he further indicated to l'AFP.
Two months to appeal
The parties have 2 months after notification of the judgment to appeal. In total, 15 players were behind legal action. The eleven others had been rejected before the examination of the merits of the file, their action having been judged inadmissible because time-barred.
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Football: four football players win in court against the UNFP and Panini for their image rights
Former Rennes player Jérémy Doku received compensation. MAXPPP – Richard Sellers
The Panini company and the UNFP were ordered on Wednesday May 15 by the courts to pay damages to four football players playing or having played in Ligue 1 or 2 and having contested the use of their image by Panini thumbnails.
Vincent Bessat (passed by Caen), Jérémy Pied (passed by Losc) as well as Jérémy Doku (Stade Rennais before playing in England at Manchester City) and Bruno Ecuele Manga, passed by Dijon, obtained from the courts the order of Panini and their union to pay them damages.
These professionals filed a civil interest complaint in October 2021 in Paris, against Panini and its albums of self-adhesive images published as part of the French football championship, deeming the use of their right to use illegal. ;#39;image transferred to Panini by their union, the UNFP (National Union of Professional Footballers).
The courts found that UNFP did not provide proof that its commercial subsidiary, linked by a contract with Panini, was the owner of the image rights players. Therefore, "it is not justified that it could in turn transfer exclusivity to the Panini company", according to the court. The infringement of image rights was therefore characterized, according to the judges. However, it is the commercial subsidiary of the UNFP which will have to pay damages.
Other players seek redress
"We are satisfied because the court granted our requests and was able to note that the exploitation of the image of footballers in the Panini images was abusive, so we hope that by this decision, this system which was deemed contrary to the law by the court be modified, the players' lawyer reacted to the AFP, Me Elie Dottelonde. This decision, which constitutes a precedent, could open the way for other players who have played in the French championship over the last five years to seek compensation.
L'UNFP, who reacted through his lawyer, Me Emmanuel Ronco, estimated that the court "reproaches us for not having provided the contract which binds the UNFP and the company Promofoot, a subsidiary of the UNFP. However, this contract exists. "The amounts of damages that we must pay are extremely low since the players claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars. #39;euros and that these sums ultimately amount in total to 6,500 euros or between 1,000 and 2,000 per player", he further indicated to l'AFP.
Two months to appeal
The parties have 2 months after notification of the judgment to appeal. In total, 15 players were behind legal action. The eleven others had been rejected before the examination of the merits of the file, their action having been judged inadmissible because time-barred.
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