Cody files for trademarks on old NWA / WCW shows / matches

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www.pwinsider.com/article/125011/cody-files-for-some-most-interesting-trademarks.html

Specifically Battlebowl, Bash at the Beach, and Bunkhouse Stampede.

... I really, really hope he never actually wants to use Bunkhouse Stampede for anything. The gimmick is absolutely abysmal.

[abjordans]

Cody said on Twitter this is not news, he is just collecting Dusty trademarks. Take that for what it’s worth.

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A BattleBowl: Lethal Lottery may actually work better in the modern era when the face/heel divides aren't so hard.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Mar 21, 2019 9:17:46 GMT -5 @oldbaby said:

A BattleBowl: Lethal Lottery may actually work better in the modern era when the face/heel divides aren't so hard.

I've always been a huge fan of the Battlebowl/Lethal Lottery concept, and hope that Cody can bring it back.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

I thought WWE owned those names just for to have the events on WWE network reasons.

[cjh]

Mar 21, 2019 9:27:23 GMT -5 Can you afford to pay me, Gah said:

I thought WWE owned those names just for to have the events on WWE network reasons.

They might file an opposition.  Some company a few years ago wanted to make a line of World Class Championship Wrestling action figures, and WWE got it blocked.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I don’t think this is real. The wwe bought those names twenty years ago.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Mar 21, 2019 10:09:30 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I don’t think this is real. The wwe bought those names twenty years ago.

Depends on whether or not WWE let those trademarks lapse. It's possible. It's why they had to buy the Wargames stuff back from MLW.

[abjordans]

Mar 21, 2019 10:09:30 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I don’t think this is real. The wwe bought those names twenty years ago.

Cody said he filed the trademarks.

[Feargus McReddit]

Mar 21, 2019 10:09:30 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I don’t think this is real. The wwe bought those names twenty years ago.

As someone mentioned, the key reason MLW got the War Games trademark was because WWE let a whole bunch of WCW names lapse a decade into buying WCW because they never used them. Hell, they only filed for the name Starrcade a couple of years ago JUST to do those Starrcade house shows.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Mar 21, 2019 5:45:05 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Cody said on Twitter this is not news, he is just collecting Dusty trademarks. Take that for what it’s worth.

Trademarks aren't like trading cards, you need to use them in commerce to keep them.

[jason1980s]

I hope Cody is able to get trademarks. WWE should be able to own every friggin thing in wrestling, especially stuff they themselves didn't create. They would be the first to degrade another promotions idea until they own it and are able to use it for themselves for profit.

[WoodStoner1]

Mar 21, 2019 10:17:34 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Mar 21, 2019 10:09:30 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I don’t think this is real. The wwe bought those names twenty years ago.

Depends on whether or not WWE let those trademarks lapse. It's possible. It's why they had to buy the Wargames stuff back from MLW.

Bigger Example: also why we can't have (pristine) pre-1992 episodes of Superstars on the Network.

Biggest Example: Why have we called it WW*E* since 2002???

[abjordans]

Mar 21, 2019 12:43:39 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Mar 21, 2019 5:45:05 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Cody said on Twitter this is not news, he is just collecting Dusty trademarks. Take that for what it’s worth.

Trademarks aren't like trading cards, you need to use them in commerce to keep them.

It’s right on his Twitter, I am just relaying what he said. You can read it for yourself.

[cjh]

Mar 21, 2019 16:24:58 GMT -5 WoodStoner1 said:

Mar 21, 2019 10:17:34 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Depends on whether or not WWE let those trademarks lapse. It's possible. It's why they had to buy the Wargames stuff back from MLW.

Bigger Example: also why we can't have (pristine) pre-1992 episodes of Superstars on the Network.

Biggest Example: Why have we called it WW*E* since 2002???

Neither of those were times WWE let a trademark lapse, though.  Those were court rulings saying they couldn't use those marks anymore.  The guy who owns "Superstars of Wrestling" first used the name in 1979 but didn't trademark it until 1993 after he got WWE barred from using it.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Mar 21, 2019 17:37:48 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Mar 21, 2019 12:43:39 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Trademarks aren't like trading cards, you need to use them in commerce to keep them.

It’s right on his Twitter, I am just relaying what he said. You can read it for yourself.

Right I was more responding to what he is claiming.

If you don’t use it, you lose it, when it comes to trademarks. Presumably either AEW will use the marks or Cody will in putting out T-shirt’s or something.

[cjh]

Mar 21, 2019 17:52:38 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Mar 21, 2019 17:37:48 GMT -5 abjordans said:

It’s right on his Twitter, I am just relaying what he said. You can read it for yourself.

Right I was more responding to what he is claiming.

If you don’t use it, you lose it, when it comes to trademarks. Presumably either AEW will use the marks or Cody will in putting out T-shirt’s or something.

Does having shows with those names streaming on WWE Network count as WWE using them?  If so, I would imagine they would be considered common law trademarks.

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Bash at the Beach was a great PPV and I’d love to see it again.

[jason1980s]

For all the silliness WWE did when Dusty wasn't with them (Virgil, Akeem, Reo Rogers) and for them using him and treating him as a legend only when they had or needed him, it will be good if Cody can get one up on them.

[Feargus McReddit]

Mar 21, 2019 18:22:47 GMT -5 cjh said:

Mar 21, 2019 17:52:38 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Right I was more responding to what he is claiming.

If you don’t use it, you lose it, when it comes to trademarks. Presumably either AEW will use the marks or Cody will in putting out T-shirt’s or something.

Does having shows with those names streaming on WWE Network count as WWE using them?  If so, I would imagine they would be considered common law trademarks.

I could be wildly wrong, feel free to correct me, but for trademark to stand, you need to be shown to be using it consistently so if someone else were to use it and you don't do anything with it, they have a right to claim trademark over said thing because you didn't protect it. There's a difference between "We have the older Bash in the Beaches on our service" and "Welcome to the biggest party of the summer, Bash in the Beach 2019!"