MLS takes over trademark applications for Los Angeles SC & Los Angeles F.C.

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Perhaps the rebrand proposals for Chivas USA aren't dead after all.

Multiple tipsters have alerted me to the fact that Major League Soccer has recently taken over the trademark applications for the names and logos of Los Angeles SC and Los Angeles F.C., confirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Database. Though initially applied under Chivas Guadalajara Licensing LLC, the applications look largely the same, though the entity applying for the trademark is now "Major League Soccer, L.L.C."

The date of the application remains January 17, 2014, which was the date of the original filing, so it appears it has been transferred to MLS, rather than having new applications drafted altogether.

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