Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Friday, June 20, 2025, 22:18 / Updated on Friday, June 20, 2025:22
Gigi Becali, the owner of FCSB, spoke about the EUIPO (European Union Office for Intellectual Property), who rejected the request made by the Romanian champion to use the “FCSB Steaua” verbal brand.
EUPI rejected the approach taken by FCSB because it risks creating a confusion with The new generation staran academy in Bucharest.
The forum in Spain analyzed the data sent by Marian Strachinescu, the representative of Steaua New Generation, and based on them rejected the request registered by the FCSB. Gigi Becali said that the EUIPO decision does not affect it, because it attests to be several teams with the name “Steaua”, helping it in the fight with CSA.
Gigi Becali: “It has no connection with the CSA. It helps us. There are more star.”
“It is not true that the approach was not successful. This is something else. It is an opposition made by someone in Romania, by an association called Steaua (no – Steaua New Generation). It has no connection with our process with CSA.
It is another entity called Steaua, which has children and juniors. At Alicante, the European brands are recorded. It is not related to the CSA. This helps us. There are several star.
How did they record? There are registered trademark and notorious brands. This man can have a registered trademark, Steaua. But we have notorious brand. We will get the European brand in September. As they obtained.
They have a registered trademark, and we will have a notorious brand. Notorious, that is, we have been notorious for so many years. FCSB called Steaua. FCSB – Steaua, since the public calls us Steaua.
We will also discuss at the Supreme Court. Domne, we have a notorious brand! We are notorious. I submitted to UEFA that I won the Champions Cup, because I showed that FCSB ensures continuity.
The track record is the CSA until 1998. From 2003 to the present, the FCSB record belongs. This team created now cannot issue claims to the track record. He writes in motivation, “said Gigi Becali, at the Digi Sport Special show.
Gigi Becali: “The CSA has no active procedural quality. I am the continuator”
Then, Becali also spoke about the fight in court with CSA Steaua, after the decision of the JCCJ, which says that the team of the landlord was used without law, between 2003-2017, of the historical record of the Star.
“The decision of the Court of Appeal, from 2003, to the present. It suits me. There is no record in three. There is only one.
It suits me, to have the one from 2003, because it ensures continuity. I hold the record of 2003. CSA cannot have claims.
If a judge says an anomaly what to do? It's no longer my job. Cannot issue claims at the record after 1998 (no CSA Steaua). It has no active procedural quality. I am the continuator, ”said the owner of FCSB.
- 1. Opposition no. B 3 200 179 (the one formulated by ACS Steaua New Generation) is admitted for all the services challenged.
- 2. The request for registration of the European Union brand no. 18 889 569 is completely rejected.
- 3. The applicant supports the costs, established at 620 euros.
