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Originally Posted by ColdwaVer
If they can produce people who made donations to Vince's organizations when they were trying to save wildlife, then by all means, WWE should pay up.
But the fact is. has anyone ever heard of any real confusion betwen large men beating on each other and engangered species? It seems to me that the confusion they keep referring to likely never went past "Hey man how about that WWF?" "Oh yeah I love wrestling." "No I mean the World Wildlife Fund." "Oh. Never heard of it."
Yes, Vince signed a contract. Yes, the Fund had every legal right to the WWF initials. Yes, Vince and Co. should have had to change the initials, probably long before they actially did. And yes, the Fund has every legal right to sue for damages. And now it's their business to prove that they were damaged. I'd be very interested to see how they intend to do that. Just because they're within their legal rights doesn't mean that they aren't using this situation to try to a) suck money from WWE, b) be publicity whores, and c) cover up the fact that they're steamingly jealous that guys in tights rolling around on canvas gets a lot more attention than their tree-hugging activities ever will. And btw, I didn't adopt this stance towards the Fund until the tantrum they threw when changing WWF to WWE "wasn't a substantial enough change" for their taste.
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Thats because you're a mark.
The fact that they had the same initials is enough to create confusion. Whether it actaully had an impact is for courts to decide, you or I dont have the information to say one way or the other.
And its not about people making donations to Vince when they were trying to give money to the Fund (which is a rediculous statement BTW). The point is when you share company initials there can be confusion in the marketplace. A person looking to donate money may hear about the WWF (wrestling) and hear about them promoting gun violence, satanic rituals, abuse towards women and promoting it all to kids, and say I dont want to support that. Instead I'll donate my money elsewhere rather than giving it to the Fund (who I assume is related to the WWF wrestling group).
I dont know how you prove that eaxctly, but again, in theory its at least plausible.
This is business, if Vince had an agreement with someone and they tried to slap him in the face with it, you better believe he'd have his lawyers all over them. I mean he's got a case going against Jakks and THQ, does that make Vince a media whore just because he feels like he was wronged?
Maybe if Vince wasn't such a stubborn person, they could have avoided this whole thing with the Fund, but he didnt, and now he's continuing to pay for it. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for the guy in this situation. He created the problem, so he should be accountable for any and all problems that arise from it.