📘 Intellectual and Artistic Property Rights – International Federation of Football Academies (IFAF)
All Intellectual and Property Rights Reserved Internationally
🔹 General Introduction
The intellectual and artistic property rights of the International Federation of Football Academies (IFAF) form the essential legal foundation upon which the federation’s regulatory framework is built. These rights provide official protection for all of the federation’s work, programs, content, innovations, and international championships, in addition to protecting its name, logo, systems, regulations, and current and future activities.
The federation is the exclusive owner of everything related to football academy activities at the international level, including:
Championships – Courses – Licenses – Certificates – Rankings – Workshops – Festivals – Technical programs – Media content – Training materials – Digital applications – Player protection systems – International transfer systems – Global awards – Plans and regulations – Trademarks – Visual identity.
All these elements are considered “internationally protected intellectual properties,” and any attempt to use, imitate, or attribute them to any party without an official authorization is a direct violation of the law.
🔹 First: Intellectual Property and Trademark Rights
The International Federation of Football Academies (IFAF) is the sole and exclusive owner of:
✔ The official name
✔ The logo and visual identity
✔ Artistic and visual content
✔ Curricula and training programs
✔ International licenses: CDP1–2–3–4
✔ Organizational forms and documents
✔ Legal texts and regulations
✔ Technical innovations and protection systems
✔ International ranking systems
✔ IFAF global awards
✔ Digital applications and software
The protection includes:
• Copyrights
• Trademarks
• Patents
• Technical rights
• Industrial design rights
Any unauthorized use is considered a legal violation subject to accountability.
🔹 Second: Compliance With International Laws and Regulations
All parties—individuals, institutions, academies, or sports federations—must fully comply with international laws governing intellectual property rights, including:
✔ No use of the IFAF name
✔ No use of the logo
✔ No use of federation content
✔ No creation of similar logos
✔ No organization of international championships without authorization
✔ No issuance of similar licenses or certificates
✔ No fake rankings or classifications
✔ No competitions or festivals using the term “International Academies”
Any violation is considered a direct legal infringement.
🔹 Third: Legal Actions Against Violations
The federation reserves the full right to take all legal measures against any party that commits any of the following:
❌ Using the name or logo without authorization
❌ Organizing an international championship involving more than one country without IFAF approval
❌ Exploiting the trademark
❌ Issuing similar certificates or licenses
❌ Impersonating the federation
❌ Creating a Gulf, Arab, or International “Academies Federation”
❌ Copying or reproducing any federation activity
❌ Organizing international academy festivals or conferences without authorization
Legal actions include:
• Filing international lawsuits
• Claiming compensation
• Suspending the violating activity
• Deregistering impersonating entities
• Reporting violators to sports and legal authorities
🔹 Fourth: Ownership of Programs, Content, and Applications
The federation fully owns:
🌐 Training programs
🎥 Visual and audio content
📚 Educational curricula
📱 Technical applications
🤖 AI training systems
🧠 Player protection programs
🔄 International transfer systems
🏆 Award programs and annual evaluations
📊 International ranking systems
No party is permitted to:
• Copy content
• Repost it
• Use it commercially
• Modify it
• Build similar activities based on it
Unless an official written authorization is issued by the federation.
🔹 Fifth: Management of Intellectual Property Rights
The IFAF Executive Board manages all intellectual property rights through:
✔ Strategy development
✔ Defining rights utilization mechanisms
✔ Granting official authorizations
✔ Monitoring violations
✔ Registering new rights
✔ Developing technical programs
No person or entity may grant authorization or representation without a formal written delegation from the board.
🔹 Sixth: Importance of Intellectual Property Protection
Protecting these rights aims to:
• Protect the future of academies
• Protect minor players
• Prevent exploitation
• Develop the football industry
• Protect the federation’s identity
• Ensure innovation continuity
• Combat fraudulent entities
• Safeguard international programs
🔹 Seventh: Protected Activities and Events (Strictly Prohibited to Imitate or Organize Without Authorization)
Including:
🏆 IFAF World Cup for Academies
🌍 Continental championships
🌐 Arab and Gulf championships
🎓 CDP1–2–3–4 Courses
📜 International licenses
⭐ Global rankings
🏅 IFAF Awards
📚 Training programs
🛠 Advanced workshops
🎉 International festivals
👨🏫 Coaches’ conferences
🤝 International Academy Summits
🔁 International transfer system
🛡 Player protection system
📱 Applications and academy software
📊 Evaluation and analytics systems
🎥 International media content for academies
Any attempt to reproduce or imitate any of the above is considered a direct violation.
🔹 Eighth: Authorization for Sports and Investment Activities
No entity—academy, club, local federation, company, institution, organization, investment group, or any other body—is allowed to use the IFAF name or organize any international academy-related activity without an official written authorization.
🔹 Official Conclusion
The International Federation of Football Academies (IFAF) affirms its full commitment to protecting its intellectual and regulatory rights internationally. Any infringement, exploitation, or attempted imitation of any element of its identity, programs, championships, or licenses will face strict legal action.
All Intellectual and Property Rights Reserved Internationally
International Federation of Football Academies (IFAF)
