Records published by the Intellectual Property Office yesterday show Sports Direct own quite a lot of trademarks, including:
Rangers
Scope of trademark: organisation of sporting activities.
This property has not been licenced to the football club, or joint ventures like Rangers Retail Ltd. Sports Direct own the rights to call a football team Rangers.
Rangers (again)
Scope: from clothing to trinkets and everything in between.
Owned by Sports Direct, licenced to Rangers Retail Ltd
Glasgow Rangers Football Club
Scope: clothes trinkets, etc.
Owned by Sports Direct, licenced to Rangers Retail Ltd
RFC, Broxi Bear, The Gers, Follow Follow, Ibrox, Rangers News, Rangers Travel and all the crests, badges and logos are all owned by Sports Direct and licenced to Rangers Retail Ltd, which is 76% owned by the Sports Direct group.
So if the club want to call themselves Rangers, or Glasgow Rangers, they need to cut a deal with Mike Ashley. The most humiliating aspect of the whole thing is that the new board appeared to know nothing about this until the Intellectual Property Office published the details yesterday. The lack of due diligence is breathtaking.
The only things Ashley seems to have ignored is that pejorative nickname they complain about so much, and the phrase Murray Park, although he has security over the training ground of that name.
We warned them repeatedly. Ashley was in control and had the opportunity to ensure he got what he wanted before the EGM. One of the richest men in Europe, he is a formidable opponent and known to be utterly ruthless.
You can’t bully him. Better to recognise this reality and accept your subservient future than create a scenario where even another liquidation event would not free the ‘Rangers’ football brand from the ironclad yolk of a man you’ve made your enemy.
What have the lemmings done to themselves? We were told Mike Ashley was a business man and he would acquiesce as this was just business. In the history of business miscalculations this is up there with the guy at Pye who rejected The Beatles.
It’s all their own work, they can’t blame the SFA, SPL, SFL, Celtic, Her Majesty’s Revenue’, the BBC or Craig Whyte. A recovery which would have been difficult enough is now completely and predictably wrecked.
Fancy a trip to Dublin for the Ireland-Scotland game in June? There’s a bus leaving Glasgow with Ireland and Scotland (but all Celtic) fans. Two nights in a Dublin hotel, travel and match ticket among the Ireland fans for £200. Let me know if you’re interested, celticquicknews@gmail.com
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Wits
Read all about area . The pub is blue . think I’ll go to the randy leprechaun that’s green. TAL.
guernica
23:01 on 10 April, 2015
Ok, so need advice from any joiners or handy men amongst the Friday nighters.
Not long had a new kitchen fitted, laminate flooring and all.
Tonight, whilst tidying up I dropped a metal transformer (not the toy) and it’s chipped the plank right in the middle of the room!!
My wife has not spoken to me since…
Anyone know if the whole floor from skirting to affected plank would need to come up? It’s all been decorated so I’m hoping to keep any further cosmetic damage to a minimum!
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A mat
Henke
I’m 54 next month .. I am .. I know I act 13 and look 23 ::()) but I am almost 54
In the 80s I idolised bob Marley and the lyrics still ring true today . But when his gig at the Glasgow Apollo was announced I had a young son to support so said ” I will catch him next time ”
Of course there wasn’t a next time
One love
Thanks guys.
Saint Stivs – I went for filler and colouring pen straight away, looks no bad to me but the wife ain’t convinced.
I reckon the floor will just need to come up… Hopefully the joiner gets the skirting aff without causing too much more damage. I fear I’ll be hearing about this for some time to come.
Wits
Is that in dingle town?
Celtic pub?.
A tin of wood filler, of the appropriate shade………job done CSC
lennybhoy
22:59 on 10 April, 2015leftclickticNirvana…:)
I had an interesting few beers with Kurt Cobain/Courtney Loves’ ,nanny in LA in 1999….
Hrvatski Jim
Just thought i would let you know Carine has added another 3 songs to her her soundcloud web site. https://soundcloud.com/carine-tinney
Lennybhoy
Thanks for the heads up tonight.
saint stivs@22.36pm
Not posted in a very long time but I am a daily lurker.
As to season tickets, I live in London, rarely make Glasgow these days but have supported Celtic for over 60 years. I am in the fortunate position in my life where I can make a financial choice. I exercise that choice and buy 2 season tickets. I support Celtic Football Club.
My “going for a colonoscopy” song.
Declan McManus with his Attractions . . . .”Oliver’s Army”. (Armed Forces).
https://vimeo.com/44778138
Eddie
Dick Macks is in Dingle
Not a celtic pub, but a good pub, main sport in the area would be Gaelic football and Kerry are Well the best.
St stivs
Sorry mate but lol here .. Use a felt pen OF A SIMILAR COLOUR
Glad you added the similar colour bit – just thinking about him colouring in with red marker then when his mrs is threatening divorce him blaming your advice ;)
The huddle-you naughty bhoy ….
guernica
Am a joiner m8 u can buy waxes to fill any damage chips and get u bl in the good books lol
guernica
Might be easier to fill damaged area ( if not too large ) and stain to match surrounding flooring .
There is a large selection on fillers / stains on the market.
Or if your feeling brave try this https://youtu.be/lgXIPaxljh0
Garcia Lorca
Good to see you posting
Haven’t noticed you on in a while
Are you a hun now☺☺
BT-I think you are starting to see thru The Coincidence Man HH
We have 3 or 4 games left at CP this season on the way to a possible treble. I can guarantee the last game of the season at CP will be sold out.
Garcia
Call yerself a Celtic man and you hardly make a game ;)))
Met an English guy on holiday who lives in Yorkshire .. Hardly gets up but has two padded seats each season
I only have a plastic seat but I do have a padded room ;)
garcia lorca @ 23.14
There ye go.
Band on fire!
The Mighty Elvis and his band – “Radio Radio”
https://vimeo.com/109353508
George Papadopalous was a very, very rich and successful, internationally known Greek ship owner.
One day, as Barbara Walters was interviewing him about his life and times, the following occurred:
[this is taking place as they wander over his beautiful estate,located (where else?) in Greece…..]
“You see, Barbara,” he tells her, “This is where it all began. This is the very land upon which I was born, and where I grew up. Over there (pointing towards a humble hut) is where I was born,where my father was born, and his father, yadayada, blah, blah……..”
He goes on: “Yes, these hills are where I grew up! Why, just over there, you see that little hill, with the gnarled old fig tree?”
“Oh, yes,” she exclaims, “How pretty. How idylic.””Well,” he says, “Just under that fig tree is where I had my first sexual experience. And, you see that bush on the other little hill over to the left? That
is where her mother stood and watched!”
This, of course tends to put Barbara off just a tad, but she pushesbravely on: “Oh?”
she says, “And what did her mother say?”
“Baaaaaa”
HH
Its 2055 the jay bhoys clinch four four in a row,
Old doc in glasses and hover board, cowie in his onesie baby grow.
The polished stones beneath their feet, the quick news alluminati
Their server rants, sack the board chants, internet twitterati.
For alI the day arrives and in heaven looking down ….
Remember them as you sign as one, you,ll never walk alone
What is the Stars,
I posted earlier but you made a great call about Tom Crean.
Declan McManus
Wheels on fire!
Julie Driscoll, Brian Augur and Trinity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkCBVZHrstE
TBJ/WC
Payment made…have used the wife’s card as I have fek all in my account (fek the taxman
except oor wee Hector) I’ll pay her back in kind :O(
Repost from earlier, I have a pair of tickets for the game tomorrow, they will be available outside the ground from the ghuy in the Stornoway No. 1 shirt. Hail Hail Hebcelt
G64-got a wedding on May 23 ,hope our last game is on the Sunday (for a change….)HH
BSR
Not loading on my contraption, that one.
Title, if you don’t mind?
Night Night Timland.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Declan’s finest moment…..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IBoQOomTU
Catach,
………and never the twain will meet.
I am due to be in Dublin for the Bank Holiday, on babysitting duties.
Yea, today was one of the nasty days.
For all the good stuff that CQN does, it is often to the backdrop of some nasty ,spiteful comments, that reflect badly on us as a support.
It is a pity, that so many lack self awareness and respect for them selves and others,
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Eddiegreenhills..,
Perhaps if you post your request when Corkcelt is on, you may get some info.
eddiegreenshillbhoy
you are going to a beautiful part of Ireland. Visit Kruker Kavanaghs/ Was owned by Oggie Moran RIP, great guy, left us too early. I believe Annascuil is part of a wonderful song about people going to a wedding and crossing a lake and they were all drowned. One of the lines is “in their wedding robes for the wake they robbed them, wonderful song.I used to know all the words, special. Please ask, but few will know the song.
There are many great songs in Ireland with so much history ” Woods of Drumboe”, where you had to be careful where you sang it.
I hope Celtic make as many Saturday games as possible next season. I trust Ronny to Stand and Deliver on the field.
philvisreturns.csc
Imo the £50 increase 50 % reduction in STs is a cop out by the board which is based not on our financial situation but the possibility of sevco getting promoted.
Ruggyman.
Up in tthe g/
Our cars ok.!!!!!!
Clogher
Yes interesting characters Crean and Shackleton.