Wrexham’s superstar owner Ryan Reynolds ‘trademarks the name of the side as he bids to transform it into a global brand’… days after the Welsh team’s pulsating top-of-the-table National League clash with Notts counties
Ryan Reynolds, owner of Wrexham, has registered the club’s name as a trademark in an effort to make it a globally recognized brand, reports said.
The actor and entrepreneur, who co-owns the side with his fellow actor Rob McElhenney following their acquisition in September 2020, has been granted copyright protection in the US and UK for a number of names associated with the National League outfit.
From the sun‘Wrexham FC’ and ‘Wrexham FC 1864’ are trademarks in the UK and US, and ‘Wrexham is the name’ is also copyrighted in the United States.
The Aviation Gin stakeholder has applied for a copyright to ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ in the US, the name of the documentary series about his purchase of the club and the club itself, which premiered in August 2022.
The show was renewed for a second season shortly after its release.
Ryan Reynolds has trademarked a number of names associated with his club
This allows Reynolds – pictured in New York wearing one of the new club hats – to create new ranges of branded items
The rights to names associated with the club now allow Reynolds to produce a range of branded items under the auspices of the club, with its holding company, RR McReynolds Company LLC, which acquired the trademarks to market goods in five different classes.
This includes clothing and sportswear, luggage, games, toys and entertainment.
Merchandise, including match kits, is already on sale through Wrexham’s club shop, with the Reynold co-owner teasing a new line of hats during their appearance in the stands to watch the team’s five-goal thriller against Notts County on Monday.
With both teams tied on 100 points and battling for the sole promotion place at the top of the table, Notts County were the first to break the deadlock.
Reynolds and his co-owner Rob McElhenney (L) were in the stands for the historic victory
Former Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster confirmed victory with his penalty stop
Two Wrexham goals, including striker Paul Mullin’s 35th of the season, followed, but the visitors to the Racecourse Ground found the necessary response to level the score.
Some of the club’s Hollywood fans watched from the stands as an Elliot Lee goal put the home side ahead before former Watford goalkeeper and recent Wrexham recruit Ben Foster saved a penalty in the last minute to save the hero of the game. become hours.
Both teams’ massive points tally puts them within reach of breaking the record number of points in British professional football – 106 – with four games to go until the end of the season.
But despite their history-making season, one of the clubs will be forced to compete in the play-offs for promotion to League Two as the National League only has one automatic promotion place.