anarchistxx Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Possible it got signed over to WWE at some stage, like the Dudley Boyz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Possible it got signed over to WWE at some stage, like the Dudley Boyz. That's from the ECW assets, not signing the Dudley's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 From memory Punk signed his name over in 2011 after he re-signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Â Â That's from the ECW assets, not signing the Dudley's. Â Fair enough, didn't know that. How come RVD, Rhyno and others got to keep their names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Someone on Twitter tonight said he could return to WrestleMania, and compete in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal as Pepsi Machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014  That's from the ECW assets, not signing the Dudley's. Fair enough, didn't know that. How come RVD, Rhyno and others got to keep their names? They had the names before ECW. And Punk only signed his name over the same way people who use their real names do, temp assignments for merch. At least AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Didn't Rhyno also spell his name Rhino in ECW? I would assume he can only use the latter spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Someone on Twitter tonight said he could return to WrestleMania, and compete in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal as Pepsi Machine. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014   That's from the ECW assets, not signing the Dudley's. Fair enough, didn't know that. How come RVD, Rhyno and others got to keep their names? They had the names before ECW. And Punk only signed his name over the same way people who use their real names do, temp assignments for merch. At least AFAIK.   The WWE has the trademarks:  http://trademarks.justia.com/771/42/cm-punk-77142597.html http://trademarks.justia.com/853/53/cm-punk-85353466.html http://trademarks.justia.com/860/32/cm-86032111.html  The last one is pending, though likely to become a registration soon.  The first one reference's Phil's consent.  Going to the USPTO and looking at the documents submitted for it... well, it's kind of funny and convoluted on the WWE's part. Anyway, what they cite as "consent" are six heavily redacted pages out of Punk's 2008 book contract. I haven't compared with with the other easily available booking contracts (Vince's, Trip's, Steph's), but the language looks pretty WWE-standard on IP rather than anything unique for Punk.  One suspects Punk can get the trademarks transferred to his own name, but he also likely would need to sign a license with the WWE covering their use of those marks in various ways (i.e. all his matches in the library, the inclusion of Punk in games, toys, etc). Use of Punk's performances that are in the library are already covered by his contract elsewhere, and likely well covered after the Ventura lawsuit. But the WWE likely would want a nice clean license to cover transferring them back. In turn, Punk probably would want to try to exclude some things from that license (say being added to future Games or future Toys with Phil's specific consent and perhaps an increase in $$$).  Anyway, I suspect this is the manner with most SuperStars. We'll have a better insight into Phil's future when these are transferred to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Whole post reminded me of this scene: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 So if he shows up to TNA, he will or won't have to be called MC Phil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 TNA will be closed by the time he is able to show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Toby Keith Promotions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 So if he shows up to TNA, he will or won't have to be called MC Phil?  He would be CM Punk, and the WWE won't chase him over it. But if he wants to continue to do business as CM Punk outside of the WWE, he'll likely ask (and get) the trademarks assigned back to him.  There are some funny ones out there. Both Jericho (Chris Irvine) and the WWE have a "Chris Jericho" trademark in Class 41 for pretty much the same thing. Irvine's would have priority: it's older, and cites first use going back 9 years earlier. Jericho actually filed his application right before coming to the WWF, so he's pretty smart about this. It is odd that Chris let them register it rather than simply license usage to them.  It's likely there are a lot of goofy ones out there like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Whole post reminded me of this scene: Â Â Â Sorry... trademarks. I spend time working on trademarks pretty much every working day of the year. So when the topic comes up, I tend to write and have for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Probably reasons Steve Austin can't use "Stone Cold" on anything he does publicly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrim Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Toby Keith Promotions. Â Personally hoping he goes with "I Love This Wrestling Promotion" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 And then when they have a tournament, everyone can compete for the Red Solo Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 And now for an insane development, there is a Twitter handle called @PhilBrooksMMA with a YouTube video channel called SociopathicPunk that is either "Phil" getting himself set up for his post-WWE life, or someone punking (no pun intended) Internet marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 And now for an insane development, there is a Twitter handle called @PhilBrooksMMA with a YouTube video channel called SociopathicPunk that is either "Phil" getting himself set up for his post-WWE life, or someone punking (no pun intended) Internet marks. Â The voice in the video he posted certainly sounds like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Until this is confirmed, I choose not to believe Punk is someone that would post pictures of food he's about to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Until this is confirmed, I choose not to believe Punk is someone that would post pictures of food he's about to eat. Â Or even Tweet when he doesn't have to. Wasn't he dragged kicking and screaming to Twitter in the first place? Â Definitely a long form LiveJournal type of guy than the soundbite nature of other social network platforms like Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter and even YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Â Toby Keith Promotions. Â Personally hoping he goes with "I Love This Wrestling Promotion" Â Â I was thinking the Universal Wrestling Federation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy hats Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 so...what did punk say on talking dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I only caught a few minutes but he was mainly talking about the show and the comics. No wrestling talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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