Young motorcycle racers worldwide gained a new path to the Grand Prix circuit when FIM and MotoGP organizing body Dorna Sports announced the 2021 FIM MiniGP World Series. The racing was a huge success as well, with organizers crowning Spain’s Izan Rodriguez Alvarez the world champion at the final MotoGP round in Valencia. Unfortunately, it seems that someone else holds the trademark to the MiniGP name and Dorna may have misappropriated it.
Ryan Fleming trademarked the MiniGP name when he founded the NJminiGP race organization in 2008. Under the new FIM MiniGP World Series, the MotoAmerica Mini Cup series also goes by the FIM MiniGP North America Championship. For that reason, Fleming believes that FIM and Dorna are infringing on his MiniGP trademark.
