Anyone heard this news? I read it in MATCH recently.
Man Utd are in court trying to register the name 'United' as their trademark.. in a bid in order 2 stop the sale of man utd unofficial merchendise. (H) (H)
This means that Newcastle, West ham, Leeds and Sheffield can no longer be called 'United' or else they will face legal action :D
THERES ONLY 1 UNITED (H) (H) (H)

Thaz a stupid idea. U cannot take the name from a team. Thaz like taking the Milan from AC Milan or the Rovers from Blackburn Rovers. Although I do like Man.U that is just plain out of order and stupid. Besides that story's from MATCH! It is probably a joke from thier behalf. Please excuse me if I'm wrong!:confused:

Almost as stupid as knob heads legal battle with Peterborough.

Originally posted by Silver_Boots75
Besides that story's from MATCH! It is probably a joke from thier behalf. Please excuse me if I'm wrong!:confused:
Nope its not.. they were serious with this one..
Am a Man Utd fan so i cant complain.. GREAT IDEA!!!:D

What a load of bollocks. If Man united want to throw their money away on stupid court cases then we'll fight. This is ****ing rediculers. There are dozens of team with United so Man U don't have no right to take that away the selfish wankers.

This is ****ed up. ManU can't register the word United for their selves :kader:

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Someones gotta stay it.

United we stand, together we fall. :D

I doubt United will win it. They ain't got David Ellery on their side. :D

This has got to be the dumbest thing ever..........fu** MANU......they don't own the word UNITED......:kader: :rolleyes: :f***: :f***: :f***:

Originally posted by Dragan T
This has got to be the dumbest thing ever..........fu** MANU......they don't own the word UNITED......:kader: :rolleyes: :f***: :f***: :f***:
The main purpose of buying the name is to stop the sale of unofficial man utd merchendise.. not to own the word..
But owning it also wont do bad (H)
We are the one and ONLY UNITED :evil:
muhahahaahahaha:crazyboy:

Originally posted by Dragan T
This has got to be the dumbest thing ever..........fu** MANU......they don't own the word

if ur against this idea...


Originally posted by Dragan T

UNITED......:kader: :rolleyes: :f***: :f***: :f***:


which united are u referring to here:rolleyes:

Originally posted by ryan_goal
if ur against this idea...





which united are u referring to here:rolleyes:
Dundee :D

Originally posted by ryan_goal
if ur against this idea...





which united are u referring to here:rolleyes:


What are you talking about? Great job picking my words apart :rolleyes:


My posts says:

they don't own the word UNITED





:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Dragan T
What are you talking about? Great job picking my words apart :rolleyes:


My posts says:

they don't own the word UNITED





:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

lol!!! just play around, dude:D

Originally posted by Dragan T
What are you talking about? Great job picking my words apart :rolleyes:


My posts says:

they don't own the word UNITED YET





:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Sorry.. maybe we will own it m8 :( (H) (H)

Originally posted by TOON ARMY
What a load of bollocks. If Man united want to throw their money away on stupid court cases then we'll fight. This is ****ing rediculers. There are dozens of team with United so Man U don't have no right to take that away the selfish wankers.

Totally agree with yu there!(Y) :f***:

Everybody, move your feet and feel United. Oh, oh, oh.

This thread title. Are you suggesting this is what the real Man United are like? Money grabbing :f***:

'United' is alreasy trademarked, heard of 'United Airlines'?

I think UA should sue, they need the money.

lol, this is a buncha bullsmack.. it ain't true. and it's defintely not gonna happen because there's way too many teams out there that use the word united in their name and it just wouldn't be fair. how can someone "OWN" a word anywayz, it's ****ing stupid.........

Also, this could get in the way

Newcastle UNITED was formed in 1881, they entered the league in 1893

Manchester UNITED was formed in 1878, HOWEVER, they were called Newton Heath until 1902.

Giving Newcastle United, the older 'United' the right of way to the name.

The others may be even older.

what a stupid idea...:rolleyes:

It's like Man Utd owns everything in England...:rolleyes:

Not just England. They own Europe too. :D

Next they will be telling the city of Manchester to change their name. :rolleyes:

Man U's legal advisors should join the spice girls. They could be stupid spice. :D

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Also, this could get in the way

Newcastle UNITED was formed in 1881, they entered the league in 1893

Manchester UNITED was formed in 1878, HOWEVER, they were called Newton Heath until 1902.

Giving Newcastle United, the older 'United' the right of way to the name.

The others may be even older.
thanx ... I was gonna mention that some teams had been named United even B4 manU ... but couldnt be bothered to look it up.

anyway only having this idea showsa real lack of respect for other United's in football
shame on the person who had that idea

ONE MAN UTD.....

Yes. One Man United. Several hundred United's...

Don't worry, a judge will never allow a word like 'united' to be held by one company. It's like ONE organizations claiming the word 'organization.'

Or Good Charlotte trying to claim the name Charlotte. :D

Then i reckon City should claim Manchester, after all they are the people in Manchester's choice of club :)

Hopefully they wont accuse us here in America where we say "UNITED WE STAND" :D :crazyboy:

too late scum u, I already own the word United. so you can't win :evil:

and btw, i expect all the money man u is earning through the word united (H)

I can't wait for Arsene's comments.

"i didnt see it" ;)

I'm a United fan and i think that's stupid and selfish.

Isnt it stupid Man United having United anyway. The title 'United', as far as i know has been used when a town or city is united. Like when newcastle were formed from two clubs from newcastle. This made Newcastle UNITED the only pro club from Newcastle. The only exceptions i know to this rule of united are ManUre n SheffUnited. To me it just seems a bit stupid that a Team is called United when the city is divided in which local club they support :(

True, City are also in Manchester.

this is the most stupid and selfish kind of idea that i've heard for a long long time.. they do not own the word "UNITED"... :rolleyes:

I doubt it is even possible to register a name like united.... It isn't even a name it just a part of a name... "Manchester United" means nothing more then united people, clubs merged into one club; "Manchester United FC" You can't own the word "United", that would be stupid, you might as well try to own the word "football club" then... :rolleyes:. If thi sis true then it a sad move by ManUtd, or should I know add the (c) behing it???

The simply fact of the matter is that this would never go through as Man U can claim no ownership over the term United, none whatsoever.

And even if they could, it's an ambigous term, and hence would'nt be theirs, only distinctive terms "Coca-Cola", "McDonalds" can be owned.

GO NEWCASTLE UNITED!!!!!!!!!!

I mean the Aus version.

:kader: man, this is just soo stupid. They have no rights over this. :kader: :kader:

hehe. technically manchester united should not be called "manchester united" seeing as there still is another top-flight club in manchester.

anyway in france (andother countries) everyone just calls them Manchester !
(which is extremly irritating btw)

Originally posted by voetballiefhebb
Yes. One Man United. Several hundred United's...

We may not be the first to use United....
We may not be the Only United....
...but we are the most famous United.....

Originally posted by mohawk
We may not be the first to use United....
We may not be the Only United....
...but we are the most famous United.....


:sleep: :sleep: :sleep:


Who cares?! Real Madrid are THE most famous of the "Real" (royal I think it means) spanish clubs, you don't see them trying to copyright the word Real? :rolleyes:

true. spanish concentrate more on the quality of football they play, where as english concentrate more on commercial advertising their football. however, both sides got what they want. La Liga is the best league, as EPL is probably the most popular and recognised league.

Originally posted by mohawk
We may not be the first to use United....
We may not be the Only United....
...but we are the most famous United.....

Yes, but are you the best Manchester? I think City had something to say about that. :p (H)

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Yes, but are you the best Manchester? I think City had something to say about that. :p (H)

LoL. Not once, but twice. :D

I hate Man U thinking they are the best united...thats why i refer to em as ManUre

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Then i reckon City should claim Manchester, after all they are the people in Manchester's choice of club :)

i dont agree with that. most mancunians support man utd, although most of city's support comes from the stockport area and moss side

Man utd in salford,stretford, etc and the city centre is 50/50

man utd even have the manchester coat of arms on the club blazers. i'm sure the city of manchester would only let Manchester's true football club have that...:p

City (H)

Originally posted by Vagegast
Don't worry, a judge will never allow a word like 'united' to be held by one company. It's like ONE organizations claiming the word 'organization.'

Not if they illegally offer the judge a nice some of money. I wouldn't put it past them.

then United airlines sues them for some nice money (H)

Originally posted by Dragan T
:sleep: :sleep: :sleep:


Who cares?! Real Madrid are THE most famous of the "Real" (royal I think it means) spanish clubs, you don't see them trying to copyright the word Real? :rolleyes:

Did you know that "Real" was only added to a Spanish clubs name after 50 years of existence? Hell their not even recognised as "REAL" in Spain. Basque club, Real Sociedad is known as Real.

Originally posted by ryan_goal
true. spanish concentrate more on the quality of football they play, where as english concentrate more on commercial advertising their football. however, both sides got what they want. La Liga is the best league, as EPL is probably the most popular and recognised league.
Hmm, I have to disagree with you with La Liga being the best. I hand that over to Serie A.