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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 19, 2008 15:43:00 GMT -5
RPG developers White Wolf are suing WWE over their use of the Gangrel gimmick - when Gangrel debuted in 1998, WWE and White Wolf agreed a five year lease for the name, with White Wolf being credited at the end of every episode. However, Gangrel appeared on RAW XV, and White Wolf weren't credited, so they're suing. reporter.blogs.com/thresq/2008/02/posted-by-mat-9.html
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Post by WarriorWarrior on Feb 19, 2008 15:47:05 GMT -5
Big babies. One appearance?
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Post by Mac on Feb 19, 2008 15:48:17 GMT -5
I guess technically they have a case. If Triple H appeared in a comic WWE would probably sue??
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Post by Secret Clown on Feb 19, 2008 15:48:56 GMT -5
Time for Vince to get the checkbook out again
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Feb 19, 2008 15:51:12 GMT -5
Yeah, they should really get these intellectual property issues under control.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2008 15:51:54 GMT -5
White Wolf should be happy for the small amount of publicity the character got them. I love White Wolf, but 99% of the publicity they get is due to some wacko LARPer shooting some school up. I understand the copyright issues, but still.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 19, 2008 15:52:29 GMT -5
I smell settlement!
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Post by Ratings on Feb 19, 2008 15:55:13 GMT -5
That's ridiculous.
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Post by Joekishi on Feb 19, 2008 15:57:27 GMT -5
For use of his image or use of the name?
For the battle royal?
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 19, 2008 15:59:22 GMT -5
Use of the name.
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Post by Mac on Feb 19, 2008 16:00:37 GMT -5
Prove that they called him Gangrel. If the closed caption thread has taught us anything they may have very well called him James Prell
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Post by Cactus Jack on Feb 19, 2008 16:01:47 GMT -5
I remember seeing the message all the time; "Gangrel is a trademark of White Wolf".
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 19, 2008 16:02:51 GMT -5
What part? WWE used a trademark they do not own. They don't have a leg to stand on.
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Feb 19, 2008 16:04:20 GMT -5
What part? WWE used a trademark they do not own. They don't have a leg to stand on. Yeah...this is a pretty easy win for White Wolf. They should make an alright amount when this one gets settled.
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Post by BlackJackRobby on Feb 19, 2008 16:06:25 GMT -5
Am I totally wrong in thinking that when the WWE made the Gangrel character name they did not know White Wolf even existed?
I always thought that to be the case, and the Gangrel character in the series is a vampire but other then that he is nothing like Gangrel.
Seriously Marvel makes less of a deal for Hulk Hogan being Hogan.
They used to pay for that name, you never saw a Marvel notice on anything though.
So they can pop all there nerd zits, but I will never buy into the crap that they sell. Worst part is you know they will make money in an out of court settlement.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 19, 2008 16:08:05 GMT -5
I'm with white wolf on this, i was shocked and apalled when i expected a computer generated text based RPG vampire to stroll down the aisle and got Vampire Warrior Vachon instead, i want in on the cash.
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Post by Steveweiser on Feb 19, 2008 16:08:12 GMT -5
There was Marvel stuff all the time for Hogan. The period in the early 2000s when they just called him Hollywood Hogan was because they didn't renew the deal.
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Post by Stu on Feb 19, 2008 16:11:26 GMT -5
I remember seeing the message all the time; "Gangrel is a trademark of White Wolf". I don't remember it. Was it printed in small text and appeared along with that small copywrite caption that's at the end of every episode?
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Feb 19, 2008 16:13:15 GMT -5
Gangrel or Vampire Warrior commented recently that when they hired him back (presumably to be on the about-to-be-launched ECW), that they were having a lot of problems with the name Gangrel and that was part of the reason he wasn't being put on TV. They tried to call him other things but the fans at house shows kept calling him Gangrel. Gangrel then said that they gave the gimmick to Thorn instead and decided Gangrel wouldn't be used in that role at all.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Feb 19, 2008 16:16:36 GMT -5
So, all they had to do was say that Gangrel was trademarked by White Wolf, and then they'd be okay? Seems like White Wolf is just trying to get some money from the WWE.
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