Judgment by the Brazilian Federal Court: Setback for FIFA in the dispute over free kick spray. The verdict could affect a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
FIFA is said to have offered $500,000 for the patent a few months before the tournament in Brazil. FIFA probably offered $ 500,000 in 2014 Allemagne and the Argentinian Pablo Silva are considered to be the inventors of the free-kick spray, which was used in Brazilian professional football in 2001 to mark the distance between the free kick wall and the taker.