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Poland: advertised by hooligans
The Polish website sport.pl owned by Gazeta Wyborcza reports about a small football club (3rd league) from Torun which under the preasure of its fans changed its name from Torunski Klub Pilkarski (Torun's Football Club) to Elana. There is a little problem with club's name. Elana is also business name (the firm) owned by club's past sponsor.
Piotr Wujków - the chairman of the club and a lawyer - told in his official statement that Elana's name is used in a "different field of of exploitation", they are football club not a business entity and they did not need a permission to use Elana's name.
Ten days after Torun's Football Club has changed its name almost one hundred hooligans attended a football game of their team. They were wearing clothes with new logo. The game ended with riots on the football field.
Tags: football, Poland, Trade marks,
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