Story highlights Yosemite National Park renames some structures

Park in legal battle with former concessionaire DNCY

Ahwahnee Hotel to become The Majestic Yosemite Hotel

(CNN) A few of the iconic structures and sites at Yosemite National Park are being renamed due to a legal battle over trademarks, the National Park Service said.

In one move, The Ahwahnee Hotel, built in 1927 and a National Historic Landmark in the Yosemite Valley, will have its exotic-sounding name changed to The Majestic Yosemite Hotel, according to the National Park Service . Signs will come down on four other structures in the park as well.

The name changes are due to a legal battle with Yosemite's former concessionaire -- a subsidiary of Delaware North (DNCY) -- which ran the park's lodging, retail and food services for more than 20 years.

Yosemite's new partner is a subsidiary of Aramark -- another global concessionaire firm.

The Park Service says Delaware North claims ownership of some of the park's tradenames and trademarks, and is demanding more than $50 million in compensation for the rights to those names. Instead of paying, the Park Service said it will change some of them: the Wawona Hotel will be renamed Big Trees Lodge and Curry Village will be called Half Dome Village.

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