EXPANSION: Miami Fusion Trademark Cancelled,  Miami-FC Barcelona Club Nearly Certain Now
EXPANSION: Miami Fusion Trademark Cancelled, Miami-FC Barcelona Club Nearly Certain Now (flag)
www.mls-rumors.net — Miami is a lock? Maybe, maybe not. With such definitive statements coming from some quarters we at MLSR decided to look for any evidence that there has been a decision made. Riddle us this for a moment... If you have gone through pains to keep a trademark alive many years after the team ...
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Is Miami a lock for an expansion team?
The Beautiful Game — Some Bloomberg story quotes a Barca CEO as saying they have a 90% chance of landing a team. He's talking like they got it, and they probably do. But in other interesting Miami news, MLS Rumors has dug up some good info. Apparently the Miami Fusion trademark has been canceled. If you have gone through pains to keep a trademark alive many years after the team folded, perhaps in hopes of a return to the Miami market, then why would you suddenly cancel it when a major player like Barcelona is interested in joining the league in that ...

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