THE name of the park which will be home to Hitachi Rail Europe's train-building facility in Newton Aycliffe has been changed, after a well-known internet firm enforced copyright laws.
Amazon, which sells goods including books and DVDs online, has forced Newcastle-based developer Merchant Place Developments to re-think the name after a four-year battle.
Merchant director Geoff Hunton revealed that the site, originally called Amazon Park, will be known as Merchant Park from August 1.
He said: "When we set off on this five years ago, our advisors chose Amazon Park because of the Amazon Forest and this was a green area - it was green, it was big, it was bright and it's beautiful.
"Unfortunately, a year later, Amazon books thought we might decide to start selling books from here or we might use their branding. I didn't realise Amazon has licence on the branding worldwide.
"But, very amicably, we've agreed to change the name of the park to Merchant."
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