Manchester United to be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after trademark dispute
Manchester United will be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after the resolution of a trademark dispute.
The Premier League club sued Football Manager publisher Sega in May last year, 16 years after the release of Sports Interactive’s first Football Manager game, and 28 years after the launch of the first Championship Manager game.
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Manchester United had launched legal action against Sega and Sports Interactive for infringing its trademark.
Countering, Sega and Sports Interactive said the use of the club’s name in the popular simulation series was “a legitimate reference to the Manchester United football team in a football context”, and pointed out it had been used in Football Manager and its predecessor Championship Manager since 1992 “without complaint by the claimant”.