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Man why couldn't ROH get Callis & keep K Kelly. These dudes are killing it now
 
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Hunter still mad the Buck's not signed and eating without him. Good luck trying to sign them after this bullshyt is done.

The Young Bucks Hit With ACTUAL Cease And Desist From WWE Over ‘Too Sweet’ Hand Gesture

After months of joking about it, and just one day after Bullet Club “invaded” Raw, WWE sent The Young Bucks an ACTUAL cease and desist letter over the “Too Sweet” hand gesture.


Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed WWE reached out to the popular Ring of Honor/NJPW tag team to say they own the copyright to the “Too Sweet” hand gesture and have discovered that the brothers have been using it in other companies, as well as on merch.

Therefore, WWE is demanding the Bucks stop using WWE intellectual property in-ring and on any merchandise immediately. If not, they may be hit with $150K in damages or more.

They also want an agreement in writing saying the brothers wont use WWE IP again in the future.

It’s unclear at this point whether The Young Bucks plan to fight this, but sources tell us they’ve consulted with a lawyer and will figure out what’s best in the days to come.
 
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Silkk said:
Doesn't NC State actually own that shyt?:patrice:
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You're right. :ohhh:

NC State Trademark Licensing Office Launches Improved Web Site


Should North Carolina State try to suplex the WWE?

If administrators at North Carolina State are looking for ways to improve the school's financial situation—and what educational institution isn't doing that?—then they should cast their eyes northward to the Stamford, Connecticut, headquarters of the WWE.

Why?

Well, World Wrestling Entertainment is the biggest organization in professional wrestling, or, ahem, sports entertainment as they like to call it, with annual revenue around $540 million. But the company has had a profitability problem recently, even resorting to layoffs in the past year. So naturally the WWE is looking under the couch cushions and anywhere else it can find additional revenue, which no doubt has influenced its decision to file for a trademark after New Japan Pro Wrestling's “Bullet Club” faction started using a hand gesture that's very familiar around these parts.

In wrestling, the hand sign traces back to when “The Kliq”—Shawn Michaels, Triple H, X-Pac, Scott Hall—were roaming the locker rooms and rings of the WWE and throwing up the “Too Sweet” hand sign. Later, some of those went to rival wrestling, sorry, sports entertainment, promotion WCW, formed a group known as the NWO, aka the Wolfpack, and the “Too Sweet” gesture became even more popular as a symbol of that Wolfpack.

WWE eventually bought out WCW and thus owns both WWE- and WCW-related copyrights and trademarks. They don't want another organization using the gesture or putting it on T-shirts (as the Bullet Club is doing) if they can do it themselves and make money off such merchandise. It sounds silly, but there's precedent—wrestler Diamond Dallas Page and rap mogul Jay-Z settled out of court a few years back when Jay-Z started using a diamond hand sign made famous by DDP.

That's where North Carolina State comes in. You see, “the Kliq” was doing its thing in the '90s. NC State fans have been throwing up the Wolfpack sign at least as far back as the 1970s (there are photos online of State cheerleaders from that decade making the sign).

Soooooo … and we're just spit-ballin' here … but maybe NC State should consider threatening to take the WWE to court. After all, they were years ahead of the Kliq/NWO.

Just a thought as we do our bit to help the public good.
 
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