WWE threaten legal action against UK promotion

**Kam** · 03-02-2010, 09:19 PM

I had the following emailed to me:

Quote:

On Tuesday 2nd February UK based Varsity Pro Wrestling recieved several emails from World Wrestling Entertainment's Vice President of Intellectual Property Lauren Middlen regarding the use of WWE trademarked names including Billy Gunn, Hardcore Holly and DX which appear on a current advertising campaign for up coming superstar tour which also follows a Dark Knight theme.

The warnings or demands as WWE called them are as follows.

1. immediately cease and desist using WWE trademarks in connection with the upcoming VPW events

2. remove and recall all advertising bearing the WWE trademarks (print, online, etc.);

3. provide to WWE an accounting of all sales and inventory for any consumer products released, or planned for release which bear any WWE intellectual property.

4. confirm in writing that you have complied with all of WWE’s demands by replying to this notice.

WWE also claimed that by having BG James and Kip James billed as Billy Gunn and The Road Dogg on a VPW event is a short cut by VPW at trying to pass events off as a WWE event and cashing in on DX popularity.

VPW states "we have at no point tried to pass VPW off as a WWE event, our new advertising is soley based on brand awareness of the VPW logo which includes all online advertising at varsityprowrestling.com and printed advertising which has gone out on billboards posters and flyers across the south uk and all the planned VPW events will still take place with all confirmed stars"

Varsity Pro Wrestling can be seen featuring Hardcore Holly Billy Gunn and The Road Dogg at The Portsmouth Guildhall on Feb 12th and The Vyne Community School Basingstoke on Sat 13th February

here is a recent video from VPW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8T3B-c7KME

It seems VPW know how to get attetion, lets hope the shows are as good as the hype.

I've uploaded the poster:

Here is a close-up of the bottom of the poster:

**Saz** · 03-02-2010, 09:31 PM

What a bunch of prats.

Jayfunk · 03-02-2010, 09:34 PM

that was stupid in many many ways

**John Hancock** · 03-02-2010, 09:35 PM

Lolz.

ShaolinHandLock · 04-02-2010, 04:22 AM

I can't believe they actually used the WWE logo on their poster.

Jayfunk · 04-02-2010, 11:29 AM

to be fair we are talking about a show in the land of the skates, I am not surprised that people with webbed toes would do something so stupid

JasonB · 04-02-2010, 04:02 PM

They were asking for trouble

Matt Denton · 04-02-2010, 04:20 PM

I laugh about how the poster says "Welcome to a world without rules".

I bet that's their defense against their usage.

Ruderz · 07-02-2010, 02:07 PM

PBW did the same with Kevin Thorn when he was to wrestle at Irvine, for Maximum Impact 4. Yet I think they got away with it?

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Jayfunk Jason Van Der Bell Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in a hole under a tree Age: 27 Posts: 8,417	that was stupid in many many ways __________________ Big Pumpa Jay funk is your hook up

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04-02-2010, 11:29 AM	#6
Jayfunk Jason Van Der Bell Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in a hole under a tree Age: 27 Posts: 8,417	to be fair we are talking about a show in the land of the skates, I am not surprised that people with webbed toes would do something so stupid __________________ Big Pumpa Jay funk is your hook up

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JasonB Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wiltshire, England, UK Age: 26 Posts: 23	They were asking for trouble

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