Will the Octagon soon be Public Domain?
By Brandt DeLorenzo on Oct 11, 2008
Greg “Kazja” Patschull says so. Patshcull, the owner of Tapout Taco and a poster on The Underground forums, says that everyone will soon be able to use the supposed trademarked eight-side cage that is being used by the UFC. Patschull also claimed to have use an octagon-shaped cage at an event months before the first UFC event took place. Here is the verbiage used by Zuffa at the bottom of their press releases regarding the octagon.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, The Octagon™ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, trademarks, trade dress or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC or other respective owners.
If you want to see what a Zuffa cease and desist letter looks like, two pages can be found after the jump!
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Submission? Really. Submission is a trademark of Zuffa? So every time I tap a guy I have to give Dana White a quarter?
I’m slightly confused by this. This person, who writes like a twelve year old (LMFAO), is claiming that he knows more about IP law than Zuffa’s lawyers and proves they “have their tails between their legs” with a 3 year old cease and desist letter? This doesn’t seem like a real story, just some dumb promoter trying to get an publicity he can by being an ass.
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Read this. They say may be the property of Zuffa. LMFAO They can’t say are the property of Zuffa.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, The Octagon™ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, trademarks, trade dress or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC or other respective owners.
Kazja is a fucktard who’s full of shit he’s been saying this since the summer and none of his claims have come to frutition
Truth you sound like Dana White! I sent him this link. What a joke Zuffa lawyers
are.
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