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Post by Error on Feb 19, 2008 16:17:46 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? I don't know about TV but, I remember in ever WWE Magazine that the first time they used the name Gangrel, they would put an asterisk next to the name and note at the bottom of the page that Gangrel was property of White Wolf Inc.
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Feb 19, 2008 16:18:25 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? Yes...it was usually in very, very small text IIRC.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 19, 2008 16:19:43 GMT -5
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. I remember seeing the Marvel notice at the end of just about every PPV in the late 80's/early 90's.
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Post by Joekishi on Feb 19, 2008 16:20:58 GMT -5
I hate LARPers they are in the same veign as yardtards..just my god people
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 19, 2008 16:23:16 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. But if someone else was using something you owned wouldn't you want at least some sort of credit for it? I have no idea who White Wolf are but they are completely in the right here.
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Feb 19, 2008 16:40:03 GMT -5
Did Marvel ever go after WCW or WWE for thier usage of "Mysterio" due to him being a Spider-Man villian and all?
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Post by jordenisgood on Feb 19, 2008 16:48:57 GMT -5
Tell you what, I've never physically seen a White Wolf comic, nor do I give two shits about who their company is. Then again, had I created Gangrel and they used him without the deal that was setup, I'd sue like a son of a bitch. It's free money, literally. Why not take advantage of it!?
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Feb 19, 2008 16:51:25 GMT -5
Well, you don't technically know that it was Gangrel that they were talking about. It could have been Gangrelle. Their own original creation.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Feb 19, 2008 16:52:31 GMT -5
the only thing WWE can stand on is that the five year lease they had was up....but even then.....you would create more hell.
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Post by nisidhe on Feb 20, 2008 9:24:58 GMT -5
White Wolf still exists??
I'd have thought between the decline of Goth culture as a force of popular music, fashion, art and attitude and Hasbro unleashing a D20 version of Call of Cththulhu on the world that White Wolf would have gone belly-up.
I know it doesn't change the intellectual property rules, but this might. Did Gangrel debut before or after White Wolf released Smurf: the Smurfing?
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Post by Matt Rogers on Feb 20, 2008 9:29:50 GMT -5
After the Team 3D debacle I don't have a lot of sympathy for WWE with this sort of thing.
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Post by Mac on Feb 20, 2008 9:30:05 GMT -5
Can't they just call him Gangrell? Like they did with Tazz?
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Post by Ridley on Feb 20, 2008 9:30:14 GMT -5
I guess technically they have a case. If Triple H appeared in a comic WWE would probably sue?? No.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Feb 20, 2008 9:30:58 GMT -5
So....am I the only one who's never heard of White Wolf?
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Feb 20, 2008 9:32:51 GMT -5
How did White Wolf gain ownership of Gangrel's name anyway?
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Post by Mac on Feb 20, 2008 9:33:32 GMT -5
How did White Wolf gain ownership of Gangrel's name anyway? A "Trademarked name on a pole" match
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Post by Matt Rogers on Feb 20, 2008 9:34:47 GMT -5
How did White Wolf gain ownership of Gangrel's name anyway? They came up with the name as part of their fiction stuff and Gangrel took it from them.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Feb 20, 2008 9:36:38 GMT -5
How did White Wolf gain ownership of Gangrel's name anyway? A "Trademarked name on a pole" match Well, I figured Russo might have been involved in the whole thing. ;D
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 20, 2008 9:57:14 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? I remember the WWE magazine having the back over having an add for white wolf. Also seen it mention in the opening credits on WWE Attitude the game.
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Post by Mac on Feb 20, 2008 9:59:12 GMT -5
I'm suprised they went and gave him a trademarked name in the first place. Whats the big draw over giving a midcarder a trademarked name? Whats so amazing about Gangrel? Why not Johnny Bloodsucker or something?
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