qpr fc vs qpr report.

[Bluehoop]

If they have been addressing it for 12 months, who is to say they have not made an offer - you don't "negotiate" for 12 months and get nowhere unless one or other party is not playing ball.
The Commercial team is exactly that and I'm sure they know everything has a value so I would be surprised if they have not been making proposals.
As has been mentioned above, the other party doesn't and never has had the Club's best interests at heart.
For some people, their own egos are far more important than anything else, so I know where I stand on this one

[DeepcutHoop]

He should give it back to the club. He is not QPR. I would have thought the club could get it off him pretty easily by legal means, guess not

If it was @QPRFC maybe, but are the initials QPR specific just to us?

[DeepcutHoop]

If they have been addressing it for 12 months, who is to say they have not made an offer - you don't "negotiate" for 12 months and get nowhere unless one or other party is not playing ball.
The Commercial team is exactly that and I'm sure they know everything has a value so I would be surprised if they have not been making proposals.
As has been mentioned above, the other party doesn't and never has had the Club's best interests at heart.
For some people, their own egos are far more important than anything else, so I know where I stand on this one

Without knowing the details it's hard to judge who's more deserving of support on this specific issue.

Just because QPR Report is a bit of an a*** doesn't mean he's not potentially being stitched up here.

[Brian Wilson]

If it was @QPRFC maybe, but are the initials QPR specific just to us?

If he had a separate business with the initials QPR then it would be different. He uses the account for QPRFC related news. What reason does he have for keeping it? besides ego or looking for financial gain.

[DeepcutHoop]

If he had a separate business with the initials QPR then it would be different. He uses the account for QPRFC related news. What reason does he have for keeping it? besides ego or looking for financial gain.

Ego is irrelevant. If he's making money from that twitter account by pretending to be an official QPR twitter account, that's out of order.

If QPR want the twitter account, I don't think they should be allowed to just take it, simply because they want it. I don't think outing his stubbornness publicly is very professional either and smacks of spitefulness tbf.

[Bluehoop]

Ego is irrelevant. If he's making money from that twitter account by pretending to be an official QPR twitter account, that's out of order.

If QPR want the twitter account, I don't think they should be allowed to just take it, simply because they want it. I don't think outing his stubbornness publicly is very professional either and smacks of spitefulness tbf.

Generally I would agree, but in this instance it is almost certainly a major factor, IMHO of course

[Lunar Jetman]

NOt really the point thought is it. He registered the name, it's his to use as he wishes. If the club want it it, they should be willing to offer him a fair price, rather than doing what they've done, which is effectively point the internet (at least the QPR fans) at him and said that he's working against the club's best interest. Not very professional, which is a shame as the media team has been excellent for the most part.

So basically if registered @Nikekit or @Nikeshoes (or even @Nike if it was available) and started tweeting about Nike sportswear it would be ok and Nike would have to pay me to get the name back? Think you're missing the point mate...

[Stanley]

So to be clear here QPRReport has 3 twitter accounts:

1) @QPR - "Focusing on QPR History and Nostalgia!..Completely Unofficial and not connected in any way to Official QPR..Also: QPR Report Messageboard http://www.qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined May 2008"

2) @QPRReport - "For Cutting-edge QPR News and Discussion: QPR Report Blog and Messageboard http://qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined October 2008"

3) @ForumQPR - "All the latest topics by QPR report members. Will follow all R's (when I get a chance, not a bot!)"

[D3nisBail3ySliP]

So to be clear here QPRReport has two twitter accounts:

1) @QPR - "Focusing on QPR History and Nostalgia!..Completely Unofficial and not connected in any way to Official QPR..Also: QPR Report Messageboard http://www.qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined May 2008"

2) @QPRReport - "For Cutting-edge QPR News and Discussion: QPR Report Blog and Messageboard http://qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined October 2008"

Also has @ForumQPR - All the latest topics by QPR report members.

[Stanley]

Also has @ForumQPR - All the latest topics by QPR report members.

Thanks, had no idea about that. So that's 3.

[DeepcutHoop]

So to be clear here QPRReport has 3 twitter accounts:

1) @QPR - "Focusing on QPR History and Nostalgia!..Completely Unofficial and not connected in any way to Official QPR..Also: QPR Report Messageboard http://www.qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined May 2008"

2) @QPRReport - "For Cutting-edge QPR News and Discussion: QPR Report Blog and Messageboard http://qprreport.proboards.com - qprreport.blogspot.com - Joined October 2008"

3) @ForumQPR - "All the latest topics by QPR report members. Will follow all R's (when I get a chance, not a bot!)"

So the @QPR account isn't pretending to be the official one, it's stated in the profile? Was that always the case?

[DeepcutHoop]

So basically if registered @Nikekit or @Nikeshoes (or even @Nike if it was available) and started tweeting about Nike sportswear it would be ok and Nike would have to pay me to get the name back? Think you're missing the point mate...

If he wasn't pretending to be official, and wasn't profiting from using the name, why not? How many of us have QPR somewhere in a Twitter (or similar) name. I certainly do.

He was quickest off the mark to get the name registered.

Regardless of the legal positions on use of names, the club (or at least the media team) have done the wrong thing here.

[Johnny Tightlips]

Sorry. QPR Report had that site and that Twitter handle long before the Club wanted it and the handle doesn't have any copyright or IP attached to it. Cannot even be construed as "passing off" as it is very clear for even the untrained (Malaysian) eye that it is completely unofficial and a fan site.

In what world do the Club have the right to march in and demand to take the name without any (report) form of recourse?

QPR Report is an excellent site - well worth reading - I back them all the way in this fight. Bullying by any other name.

[Stanley]

Is Mike/QPRReport really not a QPR fan, as people here seem to be suggesting?

How can someone who devotes so much time to QPR - running 2 QPR websites and 3 QPR twitter accounts, NOT be a QPR fan?

Anyone care to enlighten me?

[Bluehoop]

Sorry. QPR Report had that site and that Twitter handle long before the Club wanted it and the handle doesn't have any copyright or IP attached to it. Cannot even be construed as "passing off" as it is very clear for even the untrained (Malaysian) eye that it is completely unofficial and a fan site.

In what world do the Club have the right to march in and demand to take the name without any (report) form of recourse?

QPR Report is an excellent site - well worth reading - I back them all the way in this fight. Bullying by any other name.

Back them, fine - but like the rest of us, how do you know the Club have "demanded to take the name without any recourse".
"Bullying by any other name" comes under the same heading as "speculating without knowledge of the facts" in the name of supporting your cause, in my book.
As I said in an earlier post, this has had legs for about 12 months and I think it is unrealistic to just suggest there has been no element of mediation and/or proposal made by the Club in that time.