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PostSubject: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptyFri 06 Aug 2010, 9:48 pm

Alfonso A. Castillo sent out the following regarding WWE Lawyer Jerry McDevitt’s comments on possible violations between TNA Wrestling and WWE, leading into this Sunday’s TNA Hardcore Justice PPV:

I just posted the following on Newsday’s Steel Cage wrestling blog at Newsday.com/steelcage

I reached out earlier to World Wrestling Entertainment attorney Jerry McDevitt to ask if WWE had already, or was considering, taking legal action against Total Nonstop Action Wrestling for TNA’s promoting of this Sunday’s “Hardcore Justice” pay per view.

The event is being hyped, in effect, as an ECW reunion, despite WWE owning the rights to the ECW name and intellectual property.

I received this reponse from McDevitt:

“The WWE is the sole owner of the ECW marks, and as with all of WWE’s intellectual property it will be vigorously protected. TNA acts at its peril if its infringes upon WWE’s rights.”

That can be taken to mean many things, but this much is apparent: TNA’s questionable usage of the ECW brand is on WWE’s legal radar. TNA could argue semantics and claim that they are not promoting an ECW reunion as much as a hardcore wrestling reunion, but that’s intellectually dishonest, at best.

TNA has done itself no favors by mentioning the E-C-W letters more than once on television in recent weeks, and featuring photos of past ECW events (photos presumably not owned by WWE.)

TNA President Dixie Carter may be excited about the buzz and small uptick in ratings that the “Hardcore Justice” concept has created. But you have to wonder how quickly that excitement will turn into terror if she is served with cease and desist papers hours before the pay per view is supposed to go live.
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptyFri 06 Aug 2010, 9:57 pm

Meh, both companies can take an iron pole a stick it up their corporate asses.
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptySat 07 Aug 2010, 1:08 am

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But you have to wonder how quickly that excitement will turn into terror if she is served with cease and desist papers hours before the pay per view is supposed to go live.

that would suck for her
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptySat 07 Aug 2010, 1:10 am

LOL @ "The WWE is the sole owner of ECW marks..." WWE must own most of TNA's fanbase then. WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice 773246
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptyMon 09 Aug 2010, 8:05 pm

Here's hoping WWE sues. I'm not a fan of TNA.
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptyMon 09 Aug 2010, 8:18 pm

LOL Triple X.

Vince is probably just watches as TNA foils and thinking that he doesn't have to waste hime time and energy in something like this.
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PostSubject: Re: WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice   WWE lawyer comments on TNA Hardcore Justice EmptyTue 10 Aug 2010, 3:53 pm

It's not like Hardcore Justice was any good though
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