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[Albion] Brighton hoping to join with West Brom and Burton in bid to trademark the word 'Albion'



Change at Barnham

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Aug 6, 2011
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Bognor Regis
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/05/31/brighton-join-forces-west-brom-burton-bid-trademark-word-albion/

As this is behind the Daily Telegraph paywall, I'll just share the opening part of the article.......

Brighton are making an ambitious bid to trademark the word ‘Albion’ in a move designed to protect supporters against fake merchandise.

The Premier League team will submit an application to the Intellectual Property Office and are hoping to join forces with West Brom and Burton to reinforce their hopes of copyrighting the word.

It is a move similar to a bid made by Liverpool last year, who failed to trademark the city’s name after their request was rejected in September due to its “geographical significance”.

However, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were both successful in their brand protection applications in recent years and Brighton are hopeful of trademarking ‘Albion’ in the next few months.
 




Eeyore

Lord Donkey of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
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I don't agree with that. 'Albion' is not a sporting term.
 










GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,469
Gloucester
Tough on Stirling and Albion Rovers then. If Blackburn, Bristol and Doncaster get together in the same way, that's Albion Rovers well and truly screwed..........................
 










Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
I thought "albion" meant white cliffs.
 




Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003
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In other news, Partick Thistle have applied to trademark the word "nil".
 














Peter Grummit

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Oct 13, 2004
6,769
Lewes
My consultancy is called Albion Economics Ltd and there's another fan who recently set up Albion Planning. It works as the name for Great Britain (I do a number of commissions in Canada, for example) and if I've missed out on work for a Palace fan then all the better.
 






Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003
71,903
Living In a Box
Pathetic, Barber stooping even lower than usual
 



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