mrbananagrabber
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2015 14:07:25 GMT -5
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Post by baracklesnar on Dec 21, 2015 14:10:04 GMT -5
I'm guessing that a site called "Satira Tribune" isn't exactly a reliable (or serious) new source.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 21, 2015 14:10:36 GMT -5
This is a parody article.
I can tell just by the last sentence.
"The WWE is adamant in using the name Superman Punch to make Reigns look strong."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 14:10:50 GMT -5
I believe the Satira Tribune about as much as I believe Kayfaybe News.
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mrbananagrabber
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 21, 2015 14:11:18 GMT -5
Thread edited after the penny dropped.
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Post by MrElijah on Dec 21, 2015 14:15:13 GMT -5
Jerry McDevitt vs. Warner's legal team.
ONLY ON WRESTLERS COURT!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 14:21:31 GMT -5
I believe the Satira Tribune about as much as I believe Kayfaybe News. I be lieve in Kayfabe News.  |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 21, 2015 15:03:01 GMT -5
Serious answer to a parodic question: they could be protected because referring to someone/thing as a superman (lowercase) is extremely common and does not directly reference the trademarked character.
I.E. the term itself predates the comic character
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Post by Nickybojelais on Dec 21, 2015 15:10:12 GMT -5
I hate sites like these, they just don't get it.
The Onion works beautifully because it gets parody news right by using wit and amusement in their articles. Simply writing a dry article on a semi-believable news story is not how a parody news site should work.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 21, 2015 15:27:45 GMT -5
For one, "superman punch" isn't a trademarked term, either by Warner Bros. or the WWE. It's a common parlance term to describe a Muay Thai technique. As long as WWE doesn't try to trademark the term, there shouldn't be an issue.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 21, 2015 16:45:51 GMT -5
For one, "superman punch" isn't a trademarked term, either by Warner Bros. or the WWE. It's a common parlance term to describe a Muay Thai technique. As long as WWE doesn't try to trademark the term, there shouldn't be an issue. Ya, the term existed LONG before WWE started using it |
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Pushed to the Moon
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Dec 21, 2015 17:27:08 GMT -5
It's not a Superman Punch it's a super man punch. Duh.
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Post by Oasis Asagi on Dec 21, 2015 17:27:57 GMT -5
What about the "Swiss Superman"?
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 21, 2015 17:33:46 GMT -5
at the end of future WWE DVDs at the end of the credits you'll see:
Superman Punch and Swiss Superman are all registered trademarks of Marvel Comics
That will clear EVERYTHING up
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 21, 2015 18:55:19 GMT -5
Same reason George Bernard Shaw wasnt sued over his book "Man and Superman".
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Post by saintpat on Dec 21, 2015 20:33:05 GMT -5
Big misunderstanding.
Roman's move is not the Superman Punch.
It's the Super Manpunch.
Glad to clear that up.
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Post by Gremlin on Dec 21, 2015 20:44:07 GMT -5
at the end of future WWE DVDs at the end of the credits you'll see: Superman Punch and Swiss Superman are all registered trademarks of Marvel Comics That will clear EVERYTHING up They'll save licensing money and fire Cesaro long before it comes to that. |
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Post by RedSmile on Dec 21, 2015 21:02:15 GMT -5
at the end of future WWE DVDs at the end of the credits you'll see: Superman Punch and Swiss Superman are all registered trademarks of Marvel Comics That will clear EVERYTHING up They'll save licensing money and fire Cesaro long before it comes to that. Too Kryptonian |
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 21, 2015 22:34:58 GMT -5
How can they sue?
Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 23:22:14 GMT -5
How can they sue? Superman never made any money, saving the world from Solomon Grundy. Sure he did!  |
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