The Dead Pool is... DEAD!!!
D-Chance.
Something about Marvel Comics already having the name
and putting the end of the use of the name.
D-Chance.
Rudy Poo
Kelle"SCUM" wrote in message <37e81336...@news.hcs.net>...
>I bet WCW could fight it and win. The term was around before the
>character. I mean Marvel couldn't name a character Envelope and then
>sue anyone that uses the word envelope.
>
>
Exactly. If I was WCW, I'd fight Hulk and Dead Pool. Both are generic
terms and both have nothing to do with the Marvel Characters they portray.
The deal with Hogan was started when he used the name "Incredible" Hulk
Hogan...obviously some infringement there, but no one remembers that.
Bakaboy712
>Something about Marvel Comics already having the name
>and putting the end of the use of the name.
I'm sure that has something to do with them allowing Hogan to use 'Hulk' again.
A deal of sorts?
JDeMora
"The Dead Pool" was also the title of a Dirty Harry movie. Maybe Clint Easwood
got on WCW's case...
theBede
Zha-Pfah wrote in message <37c255c0...@news.det.ameritech.net>...
>
>The thing is, I and most people think of an envelope when someone says
>the word envelope, while I think of the marvel character Deadpool when
>such is spoken. Btw, what was a deadpool before the marvel character?
>
>I've honostly never heard the term before that.
Well, there was a Paul Newman movie by the name "The Dead
Pool" twenty years ago. I can't believe WCW would back down when they
don't even spell it as one word, like Marvel.
the Bede
/:-)>
I'm so Old School I should post in Latin.
Bakaboy712
It was a pretty lame Clint Eastwood movie.......
Shadowraven
D-Chance. <dach...@gower.net> wrote in message
news:rs43or...@corp.supernews.com...
> The name "Dead Pool" is dead. WCW can't use it anymore.
> Something about Marvel Comics already having the name
> and putting the end of the use of the name.
How is that?! The Marvel character's name was Deadpool and the WCW ggroup is
called "The Dead Pool". Semantics like that don't fly in a court of law.
Marvel had a case with Hulk Hogan because there could be no mistaking where
he got the name from. The "Dead Pool" situation is something else entirely,
and the case is winnable if they fight it.
Shadowraven
I hope Marvel sues Maxtheax for his Dead Pool betting.
mattbla...@webtv.net
concept or whatever and yes there was "The Dead Pool" starring Clint
Eastwood (but only memorable for Guns N' Roses and Jim Carrey). The
game's been around for ages and the movie didn't come out till '88 and
the character didn't debut until early 1990, and that's probably when
Marvel's lawyers snatched up the rights. If anyone else was interested
in the name or whatever beforehand, they should have trademarked it like
Marvel did. I don't know if they own "Dead Pool" or "Deadpool" (the
actual gramatical spelling of the merc with a mouth's name) or all
variations of the name, but it was a smart move on their part. Doesn't
Pat Riley own the word "threepeat"? Tell me that somebody didn't think
of that before he did, but did they buy up the rights? Nooooooo. Given
Marvel's current financial woes, which aren't nearly as bad as they once
were (they have a brand new fuckin' theme park for god's sake), I'm
surprised they didn't try to trademark the letter "X" when they had a
chance :) Imagine the royalties they'd be pullin' from the adult film
industry.... :)
Matt Black-World Television Kitten Punching Champion. Keep an eye out
for him at The Godfather's upcoming pay-per-view entitled "Bitch Betta
Have My Money"
abar...@tampabay.r
wrote:
That was The Drowning Pool.
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Gambler159
> Well, there was a Paul Newman movie by the name "The Dead
>>Pool" twenty years ago. I can't believe WCW would back down when they
>>don't even spell it as one word, like Marvel.
Darkside
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