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- The World Wildlife Fund filed a lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation for infringement of their brand, and the judge presiding over the case found in the organisation's favour.
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Feb 18, 2020 · The court ruling prevents the World Wrestling Federation from the use of the logo it adopted in 1998 and the letters WWF in specified circumstances.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), previously known as WWF, changed its name in 2002 after the World Wildlife Fund filed a lawsuit over the use of its acronym.
Aug 2, 2002 · The World Wildlife Fund has put the clinch once again on the World Wrestling Federation in a tussle over use of the acronym "WWF," marking the latest legal setback for the entertainment...
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Almost a year later, WWF’s position remains the same. At last week’s congressional hearing, WWF refused to take responsibility for the alleged violations of human rights brought against it after members of the committee called on it to do so. Shortly before WWF’s senior vice president of wildlife conservation, Ginette Hemley, testified at the heari...
The creation of Salonga National Park in 1956, under the colonial Belgian authorities, has been criticized as an example of fortress conservation, where Indigenous and local peoples are displaced from their ancestral lands without consideration of their role as environmental stewards. When its borders were expanded in 1970 under the newly independe...
According to Knox, organization like WWF will not make efforts to implement effective strategies to address human rights violations unless major donors, such as the U.S. government, force them to do so by withholding grants until they make the much-needed changes. “The U.S. government needs to have stricter requirements for funding and carefully mo...
Jun 4, 2022 · According to The Guardian, the judge ruled in favor of the World Wildlife Fund, saying that the World Wrestling Federation had repeatedly breached the original agreement.
- Matt Reigle
Aug 22, 2012 · In a 1994 agreement, Titan Sports, Inc (the World Wrestling Federation's parent company at the time) entered into an agreement with World Wide Fund for Nature (known as World Wildlife Fund in the United States) that the initials "WWF" belonged solely to the Swiss conservation group.
May 7, 2002 · In February, an appeals court upheld the ruling. The company has an appeal pending with the House of Lords, yet McMahon said it had no intention of becoming the W.W.F. again even if it triumphs...
