A legal expert has declared that any action a suburban soccer club takes against the newly renamed Melbourne City Football Club over its name has almost no chance of succeeding.

Western suburbs soccer club Melbourne City is considering applying for an injunction against the former Melbourne Heart, which changed its name to Melbourne City last week.

The change – which also includes a new badge and blue-and-white home kit – was long expected after Manchester City, which is owned by Abu Dhabi royal and billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bought the struggling club for a rumoured $12 million earlier this year.

But the suburban club has refused to give up its name – which it has played under since 1991 – without a fight and has hired trademark experts Cooper Mills Lawyers to take up its case to stop the A-League club playing under the same name.

An intellectual property expert from the University of Melbourne, Professor Andrew Christie, says any injunction sought to stop the A-League club would be problematic.