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.
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Good morning Bhoys and Ghirls from a bright, dry but cool East Kilbride which is brighter at the moment than where Jobo is, but more than 10 degrees cooler.
TBJ
No quibbles from me for a membership scheme. Paul invested a lot of his own money into the site,he is entitled to a return on that.
As long as it isn’t based on payment per word,I’d go bankrupt in a fortnight.
Bmcuw
I actually think a pay per word membership is a great idea :)))))
But a bit like scrabble – some words would carry higher payments
TBJ
Good idea. I’d pay a fee of sorts for CQN too.
I have OCD, and it has been bad the last few years. I discovered CQN last autumn and for some reason, it has overtaken the obsessive part of my condition. Instead of loads of negative crap. As a result, my mental health has improved so much in the last few months. I’d be lost without this site.
The John Guidetti trial fiasco.
Anyone think the beaks are trying to figure out what they can do him for? And how?
HENKE
I’m sorry to hear of your condition,bud. And delighted it’s improving.
Personally,I’d have thought it would be the compulsive part it focussed on,rather than the obsessive. Maybe that will be next!
Fingers crossed that is the case.
Henke
During some dark days – this place was a godsend to me and I know loads of the guys echo that .
The Hindus have a greeting my friend – namaste . Google the meaning ;)
TBJ
Namaste.
HH.
Former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston: ‘Gers should bin old badge and create a new one to KO Ashley bid’
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ruggygman
In a previous life used analyse theft of high value vehicles. Make sure your Keys are not left by the door or downstairs, keep them with you.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Bankiebhoy
Namaste
;)
1001
Winning captains
20:39 on 10 April, 2015
Have added the raffle to CQNBookstore.com
TBJ has organised a CQN Memorial stone at Celtic Park for the CQN’ers we have lost.
He has funded this himself in the meantime and tonight CQN is having a raffle to re-imburse TBJ.
Tickets are £5 each and you can buy 1, 2 or 4. There is a small handling fee from the payment company (Stripe) but apart from that ALL funds will be passed to TBJ.
When we reach surpass the total needed – around £300 – we will stop the raffle. CQN will pick 5 winners at random – from the CQN Beanie – and each winner will get any two CQN books of your choice and some whisky.
http://www.cqnbookstore.com
All additional monies will now be donated to Mary’s Meals
Hail Hail
Henke
Being addicted to CQN is another form of OCD (:-)
TT
Shamrock
They just don’t get it do they
After all they have been through they continue to try to dodge their bills and financial commitments .
You SOLD the rights … FFs get over it and learn from your mistakes .
Pity for Alistair Johnston that MA also controls use of the name. New badge is one thing. New name is a whole other ball park.
By chance I happened to hear the last five minutes of half time chat on their game against QOS . Chick Young announces its ok it wasn’t a flare it was just a smoke bomb so that’s ok .
Him and ferguson also assured listeners that sevco were well on top and would go on and win .
Cowiebhoy
Thank you for the repost ;)
Btw – any plans for a champs league final night again .
Excuse me,I posted first about Johnston in the DR. Over an hour ago.
And yeezaw ignored it. Is this some form of clique or summat?
Toys thrown from pram,petted lip in place,off to the pub.
I’ll be back on shortly,not letting you all off that easily!
PS-COSYCORNERBHOY,read your e-mails once in a while…
Binning the badge eh? Penny dropping. Next logical thing is bin ibrox and bend the name…. What they should have done after liquidation.
The mood music is being played. Only a matter of time until the three bears and Dave King screw the peepul one more time…. I think this one might leave the relationship very sour indeed.
Looking at the whole trademarks thing you could argue that MA has protected them from another liquidation for now.
I doubt the hordes will see it like that though.
BMCUWP – first time poster eh? Never heard of you. Are you a Sevconian?
I think there’s a clique in my house. Told the missus about the badge thing this morning and she just blanked me. Wean gets up out.of bed and it’s all hugs and good mornings and what would you like for breakfast……
I’ve to come to CQN for that kind of attention
BigweanCSC
RT – I’m not so sure. I think MA will use it as a route to resume control. I think bending the name etc would cause too many to abandon making the whole notion unworkable.
TBJ
I am off on holiday 1st week May, with an ankle operation when I get back, so no plans
At the Minute :-) still awaiting confirmed date of Op
Hail Hail
Morning
Great news regarding the statue of Billy McNeil the man is a living statue.
Got to agree with Justafan the statue of Jock Stein is very poor, IMO, it looks small and not very imposing and not very like Mr Stein.
Another wee point, if Bobby Lennox had won a European Cup with the now dead Rangers, would he have a bronze statue in situ in Saltcoats….without a doubt.
North Ayrshire Council is not Green and White
HH
weeminger
09:03 on 11 April, 2015
Pity for Alistair Johnston that MA also controls use of the name. New badge is one thing. New name is a whole other ball park.
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We’ve got lots of names for them that I’m sure we’d be willing to them use!
HH jamesgang
cowiebhoy
09:01 on 11 April, 2015
You didn’t answer my text last night…:(
Rattleoutthepramfc…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
The Nodding Donkey is scoddland’s finest business brain in terms of sports margedding……………………….Him and the Big-Wig………..
Brass Eye could not parody these bottin’s sufficiently………….
…………………………………………………….”No Laughing, Just Surrender.”
Hell mend thum.
ROBERTTRESSELL
Just a wee gentle dig,no harm meant. I’m in a good mood today,sun on its way,Bristol calling,good company planned while we watch the match,the National,set the world to rights.
Canny beat it,now time for the pub.
Henke
I’ve got so much good from this site. But it’s bad for my own mild ocd-ism!
Tbj
You’re a wise yin?
New poster from Swindon, welcome!
Aff oot.
Wee Mhan’s footie.
HH jamesgang
Cowiebhoy
Didn’t know you had a dodgy ankle .. Guess your playing days are over ;)
When you and doc are passing the CQN stone in 40 years – watch your footing with that ankle.
Btw .. Did the damage occur when you put your foot up someone’s bahooky ;)
Tbj
Apols for the errant ‘?’
For me it was a statement of fact.
Apparently my iPhone didn’t agree!
;-)
HH jamesgang
Bmcuw
I live on my own so I don’t get ignored in my own house . I’m the king of this castle ( not Dave king )
My mum used to say I could start an argument in an empty house – as always she was correct
Sorry boys but there is a simple way out of the trademark dilemma for Sevco.
They simply call themselves RNAGERS
Everybody knows your average Sevconian can’t spell – just ask any number of RNAGERS legneds.
Newco should change their badge according to former Ibrox director?
Don’t understand, last nights STV news had it as a “temporary problem” which will be fixed in no time at all.
Incidentally my iPad just auto-spelled Sevconians. Our day has come :-)
James F Gang
I question myself often :) ! ?
Btw … Bob playing in my house ATM .. Trenchtown rock
Tim Malone Will Tell
:-))))))))