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[b]Please note, many Regal issues also carry an EMI logo. This is not a label and EMI should not be added as a label, it instead indicates that Regal was part of the EMI Group.[/b] Record label established by [l97841] in 1914, (Trademark first registered 18th June 1910) initially as a budget UK label and an outlet for re-issues. In 1931 [l293204] [b](EMI)[/b] is formed through the merger of Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. & [l253617] In 1932 the Regal and the [l35129] imprint owned by The Gramophone Co. Ltd. are brought together to create a new label [l39354] (subsequently "Regal Zonophone" was never registered as an independent trademark) Following the merger the Regal label was predominantly used by [l71314] from the 1940s , as the Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. did not hold the rights to use its [l1866] imprint in Spain, which was subsequently owned by an unrelated company [l36905]. In 1965 Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. is merged into The Gramophone Co. Ltd., who becomes the registered owner of the Regal label (trademark.) and CGCL back catalogues, subsequently bringing the Regal & Zonophone (Regal Zonophone) labels (trademarks) under one common ownership. Post 1965 The Gramophone Co. Ltd. introduces the [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/4920-Regal#images/5299938]"Regal crown" imprint[/url] (separately registered trademark), used mostly as an outlet in the UK for reissues, compilations, including some new material. The rights and ownership to the Regal imprints were subsequently reassigned to [l63404] in 1973, with the label being revived several times over the years. On the 27th April 2004 ownership of the imprint passes to [l1032063] subsidiary EMI (IP) Ltd. (intellectual property holding company) with EMI Records Ltd. subsequently becoming a licensee, this licence was cancelled on the 5th June 2013, however ownership and rights to the label were acquired by Warner Music Group, Inc. subsidiary [l563997] on the 27th march 2013 following the formation of the [l806790] (PLG Holdco Ltd) which was created through the divestment of the EMI Group Plc. An affiliated company dealing with copyrights etc, is [l2653]. Label Code: LC 0299