{"id":310656,"date":"2025-10-16T07:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2161951"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:47:46","slug":"manchester-united-to-be-renamed-manchester-ufc-from-football-manager-22-onwards-after-trademark-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/manchester-united-to-be-renamed-manchester-ufc-from-football-manager-22-onwards-after-trademark-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United to be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after trademark dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/manchester-united-to-be-renamed-manchester-ufc-from-football-manager-22-onwards-after-trademark-dispute.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United will be renamed Manchester UFC from Football Manager 22 onwards after the resolution of a trademark dispute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-05-23-manchester-united-is-suing-football-manager-over-the-use-of-its-name\">The Premier League club sued Football Manager publisher Sega<\/a> in May last year, 16 years after the release of Sports Interactive&#8217;s first Football Manager game, and 28 years after the launch of the first Championship Manager game.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United had launched legal action against Sega and Sports Interactive for infringing its trademark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-06-manchester-united-to-be-renamed-manchester-ufc-from-football-manager-22-onwards-after-trademark-dispute\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-06-manchester-united-to-be-renamed-manchester-ufc-from-football-manager-22-onwards-after-trademark-dispute\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s first Football Manager game, and 28 years after the launch of the first Championship Manager game. Manchester United had launched legal action against Sega and Sports Interactive for infringing its trademark. 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