E-commerce sports platforms Fanatics and Panini have each filed lawsuits accusing the other of unfair business practices in a fight over licensing rights for NBA and NFL trading cards as Fanatics ...

Fanatics is trying to prove, in part, that Panini held talks with Harrison Jr. to encourage him to break the trading card ...

Fanatics filed a countersuit against Panini America in the Southern District of New York on Monday after the latter accused the sports retail and collectibles giant of having a monopoly in the ...

In response to Panini America filing an antitrust lawsuit against Fanatics in Florida district court on Thursday, Fanatics has countersued in the Southern District of New York. Panini America ...

Panini America, the company that currently has league and players union licenses to produce NBA and NFL trading cards, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fanatics, alleging it has "created an ...

Following the acquisition of NFL and NBA licenses, Panini filed suit in 2023, only to be countersued by Fanatics, setting up a lengthy legal battle. Card collectors strike deals to make their ...

Panini, the Italian cardmaking company that currently holds the licenses for sports cards for three of the four major North American sports, filed a lawsuit last month against Fanatics ...

A United States District Court judge in the Southern District of New York allowed the bulk of Panini's antitrust case against Fanatics to proceed Monday in the latest development in a contentious ...

Premier League trading cards and stickers will be supplied by Fanatics Collectibles from June 2025 after an exclusive multi-year deal was struck for the American manufacturer to replace Panini.

Panini and Fanatics have turned exclusive autograph contracts into an early scouting war. And in 2024 and 2025, that war has escalated—sometimes as early as high school. Take Vernell Brown III ...

Late Monday, a judge in the Southern District of New York ruled that the two lawsuits filed by Panini and Fanatics against each other can continue. In a report by By Michael McCann and Eben Novy ...

Fanatics’ effort to parlay its merchandising strength into a one-stop shop for all sports-related purchases included an entry into the trading-card market. And there have been growing pains. The ...