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Dundee United have revealed striker Darko Bodul has parted company with the Tannadice club by mutual consent. The 27-year-old was signed by United last summer on a two-year deal from Austrian club SC Rheindorf Altach. But the former Ajax, Sturm Graz and OB Odense player has agreed to leave halfway through his contract.The Croatian forward made 12 appearances for United as the club were relegated from the Scottish Premiership last season.United are in the process of rebuilding their squad as new manager Ray McKinnon plots a swift return to the top-flight from the Championship.A statement from Dundee United read: Darko Bodul and Dundee United have agreed the players release from his contract by mutual consent.The 27-year-old striker played 12 times for the Terrors during the 2015/16 season. The Club thanks Darko for his contribution and wish him well in the future. Also See: Dundee Utd fixtures Dundee Utd stats Scottish Prem table Kansas City Royals Shirts . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Kansas City Royals Store . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. https://www.cheaproyals.com/ . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Wholesale Royals Jerseys .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Custom Kansas City Royals Jerseys .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. BEIJING -- Basketball legend Michael Jordan now owns his Chinese name, after Chinas highest court sided with him Thursday following a yearslong legal battle over a trademark dispute.The former NBA star has fought a Chinese sportswear maker since 2012 over the name Qiaodan, pronounced CHEEOW-dan, the transliteration of Jordan in Mandarin.Qiaodan Sports, a company based in southern China, had registered the trademark under which it was selling shoes and sportswear.Jordan has been known by the Chinese characters for Qiaodan since he gained widespread popularity in the mid-1980s. He had previously argued unsuccessfully in Beijing courts that Qiaodan Sports had used his Chinese name, his old jersey number 23 and his basketball player logo to make it look like he was associated with their brand.The Supreme Peoples Court on Thursday announced that it was overturning two rulings by Beijing courts against Jordan from 2014 and 2015 that had found there wasnt sufficient evidence to support the athletes allegations over the use of his image and that Qiaodan was the translation of a common family name as the Chinese company claimed.It also ordered the trademark bureau to issue a new ruling on the use of the Chinese characters in the brand name Qiaodan, effectively awarding the trademark to Jordan. The company can continue to use the Romanized spelling of the name, however.Chief judge Tao Kaiyuan said there was an established link between Jordan and the Chinese characters for Qiaodan, which are commonly used by the public when referring to the former basketball player, meaning that Jordan was entitled to protection under the trademark law.The courts judgment was showwn live on its website.ddddddddddddJordan said in a statement that millions of Chinese fans and consumers had always known him by the name Qiaodan and that he was happy the court recognized his right to protect his name.Chinese consumers deserve to know that Qiaodan Sports and its products have no connection to me. Nothing is more important than protecting your own name, and todays decision shows the importance of that principle, Jordan said.In a statement after the ruling, the company defended its actions but said it would respect the courts decision.In a twist in the legal saga, Qiaodan Sports successfully countersued Jordan in 2013 for preventing it from pursuing a stock market listing because of the trademark lawsuit.The case reflects the difficulties faced by foreign individuals and companies in protecting their copyrights in China, where domestic firms have long taken a cavalier attitude toward intellectual property.Numerous Chinese companies sell products with names that sound similar to well-known foreign brands, often with only one or two letters changed.Chinese law protects foreign companies in cases where their brand was already famous in China before being registered by a Chinese firm seeking to capitalize on its notoriety.However, Apple Inc. lost a legal battle earlier this year when a Beijing court ruled the company had failed to prove that iPhone was a famous brand in China before a Chinese company applied for the iPhone trademark in 2007. The Chinese company uses iPhone on its handbags and mobile phone cases. ' ' '