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, the American sports memorabilia company that is set to take over those licenses later this decade.

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Today, Panini America creates basketball and football cards from its home base in Arlington, Texas.

Panini America (@PaniniAmerica) / X. Panini is the world leader in officially licensed collectibles & the leading multi-national publisher of trading cards, stickers, comics & children's magazines.

A panino (Italian pronunciation: [paˈniːno], meaning "small bread, bread roll") or panini (plural) is a sandwich made with Italian bread (such as ciabatta and michetta), usually served warm after grilling or toasting. Panini. A typical panini with salami, mortadella, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Panini is derived from the singular panino and translates to “small bread, bread rolls” in Italian. A variety of fillings may be served between two slices of either focaccia or ciabatta bread.

Panini is the International brand leader within the world of sticker and trading card collectables with over 1.000 collection launches each year and one of the leading publishers of children magazines and books, comics, manga and graphic novels, in Europe and Latin America with over 7.000 publications yearly.

“We note that in addition to the NFL Players Association license, Panini has licenses with the NFL and over 360 individual players. Panini will honor all of its contractual obligations.” Fanatics has not yet released a statement or comment on the development.

An American football card is a type of collectible trading card typically printed on paper stock or card stock that features one or more American football players or other related sports figures.

Fanatics Effective immediately, Fanatics has acquired the exclusive right to make NFLPA-branded trading cards.

This week the NFL Players Association terminated its deal with Italian collectibles company Panini S.p.A three years early in favor of rival Fanatics. BREAKING: NFLPA says it has terminated its relationship with Panini effective immediately in letter sent this afternoon to agents.

Modena, Italy Established more than 50 years ago (1961) in Modena, Italy, the Panini Group has subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States.

Pāṇini (Devanagari: पाणिनि, pronounced [paːɳin̪i]) was a Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 6th and 4th century BCE.

A composition called Astadhyayi (or Astaka ) is Panini's significant work. It comprises eight parts, each partitioned into quarter sections. In this work, Panini recognizes the language of consecrated writings and the standard language of correspondence.

Panini was a Sanskrit grammarian who gave a comprehensive and scientific theory of phonetics, phonology, and morphology. Sanskrit was the classical literary language of the Indian Hindus and Panini is considered the founder of the language and literature.

Father of linguistics The history of linguistics begins not with Plato or Aristotle, but with the Indian grammarian Panini. Pāṇini likely lived in Śalatura in ancient Gandhāra in the northwest Indian subcontinent during the Mahājanapada era. The name Pāṇini is a patronymic meaning descendant of Paṇina.