Hi Al, Yes, but that is a bit of a different situation there. I don't remember all the specifics, but as I recall it is something of a landmark case regarding trademarks and copyrights. If I remember correctly what happened is the World Wildlife Fund wanted to use the letters WWF on t-shirts, hats, publications, and other things to do with the Wildlife Fund and the World Wrestling Federation told them that WWF was their trademark. Rather than take it sitting down the Wildlife Fund took the World Wrestling Federation to court, and in the end the court decided that neither side could copyright or trademark an abbreviation. Rather than continue hostilities the World Wrestling Federation changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment and re branded all their merchandize with the letters WWE which could not be confused with the World Wildlife Fund.
Cheers! On 4/25/13, Allan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > Didn't the WWF have a similar problem, and lost the case, forcing them to > change their name to WWE? I don't recall all the details but some unknown > wildlife preservation group had the same initials for hteir group and so > sued. Apparently, they also won. > > al > > "The truth will set you free" > Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
