This is Steve Clark's comment on this subject:

As to the LAC moniker, it is really up to the court of public opinion to decide where that belongs. Is it a trophy, a race, a contest in a class of boat, who knows? Neither the C Class nor Sea Cliff can enforce any rights, so what both parties are doing is just not ceding anything to which they have a legitimate right. Messy and hard for people to keep straight, but that's the way the worlds is.
I don't think this should cloud the issue, fact is that for the first time in 6 years we are racing C Cats again, and man are they great boats!