World Cup organizer bars companies from ‘ambush marketing’

Thinking about promoting your brand alongside this summer’s World Cup in South Africa? Better be careful. Companies trying to attach their marketing to the World Cup — without permission from Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup’s governing body — have received notice that this “ambush marketing” is illegal.

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