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WWE has entered an agreement with Christopher Irvine, better known to fans as AEW star Chris Jericho, transferring ownership of trademarks for his character name.
The trademarks that have been transferred are for the name ‘Chris Jericho’, in the United States and dozens of other countries. No other trademarks terms have been transferred. The historic Y2J trademark still remains property of WWE.
As first reported by PWInsider, WWE has agreed to transfer ownership of two active U.S. trademarks to Chris Jericho, but will continue to retain property rights of the name for use while he was under contract with the company.
HeelByNature.com has obtained the agreement, including a document signed by both Chris Jericho and Senior VP of Talent Relations Mark Carrano. The agreement specifies any WWE owned video footage, recordings, audio, still photographs, or other intellectual property remain property of the company during his time under contract.
The Parties agree that this Assignment shall be strictly limited to the Marks and shall not include (a) any Works as defined in the Agreements (which
includes, by way of example and not limitation any and all WWE owned or controlled video footage, recordings, still photographs and audio); (b) any intellectual property rights which were procured, owned or created by either Assignor or Assignee during the Agreements or which were
procured, owned or created by Assignor prior to the term of the Agreements (collectively, the “Assignor Intellectual Property”); such Assignor Intellectual Property shall belong to Assignor, in perpetuity, with Assignor retaining any and al) ownership rights to the Assignor Intellectual Property exclusively throughout the world notwithstanding the termination of the Agreements or any terms set forth in this Assignment.
WWE executed the transfer of over 40 worldwide trademarks to Chris Jericho on June 1. The final paperwork was signed on August 3.
You can view the agreement below.