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WWE has filed two new trademarks with The United States Patent and Trademark Office.
On 3/26, trademarks were filed for Riddick Moss and ‘Lasskicker’. The applications were entered into the database on 3/30.
Riddick Moss has been out of action due to injury. Last October he revealed he had been working with a torn ACL.
The Lasskicker trademark is in relation to Becky Lynch, who hasn’t used that moniker in several years.
WWE’s trademark filings were both names were abandoned this past January after failing to submit signed consent forms
The USPTO sent WWE two separate notices in July 2020, seeking a signed consent form for both trademarks. Screenshots were attached to the notices showing those names represent stage names for “living individuals”.
The name(s) shown in the mark identifies a living individual(s) whose consent(s) to register is made of record.” If the name is a pseudonym, stage name, or nickname, applicant must provide the following statement: “<specify assumed name> identifies <specify actual name>, a living individual whose consent is of record.”
A written consent, personally signed by the named individual, as follows: “I, <specify name>, consent to the use and registration of my name, <name>, as a trademark and/or service mark with the USPTO
International Class 041: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members; organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members; providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment; online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment
WWE has received several notices in the past year regarding incomplete applications, due to a lack of signed consent forms.