Catalan club FC Barcelona, of Spain introduced three months ago, an application for registration at Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI), trying to become the exclusive owner of the name Barcelona in Ecuador, country in which about 88 years, there is a club with the same colors, same name and emblem almost identical.
A month after the request Catalan club in Guayaquil, SC Barcelona (Barcelona Sporting Club) filed a complaint seeking to avoid the Spanish band to register their brand.
Antonio Noboa, Ecuador club president, says he is surprised by the Barcelona European decision since between the two groups there is a cordial relationship. "In any case, we defend hegemony and history. We will not be affected. In Ecuador, Spanish must understand that we are Barcelona, and they are European Barcelona or Barca, "said Noboa. In 1952, the Catalans, in a gesture of "brotherhood" even donated a row of blaugrana equipment to the team in Ecuador.
Globally, there is no place for two Barcelona.
The Director IEPI says there is no a deadline to solve this case and that, at present, are analyzed the arguments and documents submitted by both clubs. Barcelona Sporting Club was established 88 years ago in 1925, while the Catalan team was established in 1899, 26 years earlier.
Along the time, the two clubs played three friendly matches in 1962 (1-1) 1982 (1-0 for Catalans) and in 1988 (2-1 for Ecuador).
If Europeans will win, the club of South America will be forced to change their name and emblem.
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