If a club goes bust, who owns the name? Could another club start up and call themselves, say, Cork Hibernians if they wanted to? Or do you have to buy it off the people who held it originally?
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If a club goes bust, who owns the name? Could another club start up and call themselves, say, Cork Hibernians if they wanted to? Or do you have to buy it off the people who held it originally?
Thats the million dollar question in the real capital
If the holding company is liquidated and the trading name of the club is owned by that company then you could try to buy it from the liquidator (court appointed). If no-ond buys the name and thecompany ceases to exist, you could start using the name and apply to the CRO to register.Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
I think.
And if the team is long defunct, like Belfast Celtic?
Different story - as Belfast Celtic's name is owned by a Bookmaker.Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
Most Irish clubs don't have their names registered as trademarks, so most have no ongoing value. If a company trading as a certain football club goes bang, eventually that name becomes freely available again to re-register as a trading name.
Henec why City came back from the dead (both Derry and Cork).
What about the Limerick situation where they changed from 37 back to just f.c ?
Because F.C went bust..
Answered in my post above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
I do hope we're not going to have to go through the 'what about x club' thing with every other example of this in Irish football :eek:
I'm going to name an LOI club 'Derek'. After my dear deceased grandmother....
Arrogance is never lost on ya Steve. I don't think he suggested 'we' need to go through a 'what about x club' 'thing'. Just merely stated an example of what is possible hence Limerick 37 becoming Limerick FC.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
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No they didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
They were in the hands of FAI enemy (and sporadic benefactor to about a quarter of the clubs to have played league football in recent times) Danny Drew and accordingly were not issued with a license.
The trading names Cork City FC and Cork City Football Club are registered by Cork City Investments FC ltd., and have been since that company came into being in the Lennox era. During examinership last year the company was maintained and never went out of existence to come 'back from the dead'.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Apologies.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
Though it seems elementary reading is lost on you... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Harpsbear
He wasn't giivng an example - he clearly asked a question. Hence I stated that there would be no point going through the same answer for every one of the LOI cluhs that have fecked around with names.
As your Spanish cousin would say, "finito de".
I was referring to the fact that Cork City played in the LOi in season 1938/9.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Hence in 1984 the name was indeed brought 'back from the dead'.
Apologies Steve, of course we were also brought back from liquidation in the 90's.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
In fairness Steve I think its changed a lot recently, and I'd imagine that most clubs (and the companies behind them) own the rights to the name etc (as tiktok's post above)
You're obviously right about clubs in the past not bothering