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Seems like Albion and Albion have secured rights to the word 'Albion' *. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/10/albion-has-the-name-for-ancient-britain-really-been-trademarked-by-football-clubs Covered here I see. Soz.

It's okay, I'm done with trying to sweep up an incoming tide of ignorance. As for Oxygen... :smile: https://trademarks.justia.com/854/35/oxygen-85435147.html

No single club can claim ownership because it's too common in the sports world (but not, say, in the airline industry). Similarly, a pub business couldn't trademark "The Red Lion", but Bozza could trademark the "North Stand Chat Arms" once opened. (To be clear: this is a fictional example)

Sorry, but this suggests you don't know anything about trademarks. Again (!), the club is not claiming ownership of the word 'Albion'. That's not how trademarks work. It is protecting the use of the word 'Albion' around its business interests - ie sport (and related themes). I looked up the...

No.

Why? Because it's an historic word?

Not an English test. You're writing about an independent kebab shop as if it's part of "the Albion" - just the kind of thing a trademark helps prevent. But, for the record, I meant "could" not "will".

This sentence is the kind of thing the club will use in evidence against the kebab shop.

What's that got to do with anything? The club is not trying to stop pubs using the same.

It's to stop other businesses making money off the name/association.

The club is not claiming ownership of the word - that's not how trademarks work. They will be claiming (joint) trademarks in relation to specific categories. I would guess: sport and sportswear. So, if they win the trademark, the club would be able to call in laywers if, for example, a...