Paul Jordan, partner and co-head of the trademark, designs and copyright group at Bristows LLP told The Athletic: “I think for me this just looks like someone, in Cole Palmer, he or his advisors are taking their intellectual property and image rights really seriously. And they’re just trying to assemble a bundle of registered rights that they can demonstrate to the world are super important, which might drive value when he\u2019s entering into deals. I think is about assembling a bundle of rights to say, ‘hey, look, I take intellectual property seriously, I’m doing everything in my power to button up anything that I think is proprietary to me’, rather than you\u2019re going to see lots of lawsuits seeking to restrain other people doing the gesture.”<\/p>\n