David Beckham is locked in a legal battle with Inter Milan over the naming of his MLS franchise.
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star intends launch his US outfit next year under the title of 'Inter Miami'.
The Italian club - whose full official name is FC Internazionale Milano - filed a US Patent and Trademark application in 2014 in a bid to make the word 'Inter' its exclusive brand.
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That would prevent Beckham's Miami club using the title.
It says the word 'Inter' is simply an abbreviation of ' internacional ' and “merely descriptive of the applicant and its goods and services”.