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Watch out, food industry professionals! Vince McMahon of World Wresting Entertainment is making threatening legal rumbles towards The Wine School of Philadelphia over their wine class series "Sommelier Smackdown".
WWE lawyers issued a cease-and-desist letter to Keith Wallace, founder and director of The Wine School of Philadelphia, over the term.� Wallace's series pits a professional sommelier's food and wine pairings against those of a member of the Wine School team, with the students voting for the winner.
Wallace has no plans to cease using the phrase in contest. �They don't have a leg to stand on. I am not going to bow down to a bully,� he says in a press release. �They claim that they own the term �smackdown� but they don't.�� In response to the WWE threat, Wallace is calling out Mr. McMahon and the wrestler Chris Jerico to a wine-tasting double-team cage match.
�I feel kind of special,� says Keith Wallace.� �I am being picked on by Vince McMahon. I better start working out.�
I believe that if your contest in any way has to do with wrestling terminology, they have a legit reason to file albeit dumb. I think as long as anything in the contest doesnt use wrestling verbage or terms, you'll be fine. Just send them a return letter confirming this and that the 'Smackdown' contest has nothing to do with any wrestling references. They will likely leave it alone. And if that doesnt help, alot of local news outlets here in NY using the word 'Smackdown' from time to time. Id be glad to send you some examples. You can then ask them why they didnt bitch to them.
[...] The Philadelphia City Paper publico una nota de como WWE esta amenazando con tomar medidas legales contra Wine School (escuela local de cata de vinos), por un concurso llamado “Sommelier Smackdown“, donde los especialistas se enfrentan, con los alumnos votando por el ganador [...]
[...] -The Philadelphia City Paper has a story on WWE threatening legal action against a local wine school because they are running a contest called “Sommelier Smackdown”. You really can’t make this stuff up. Keith Wallace, founder and director of the school, said in a press release today: “They don�t have a leg to stand on. I am not going to bow down to a bully. They claim that they own the term ‘Smackdown’ but they don�t.” [...]
[...] della World Wrestling Entertainment. Tuoni e fulmini: Vince McMahon (nella foto), boss WWE, vuole fare causa alla scuola enologica. Ecco, uno cos� sarebbe meglio non irritarlo; basta con questi linguaggi [...]
[...] the use of the word "smackdown" to describe non-wrestling competitions as well, as his lawyers have sent a cease and desist to the Wine School of Philadelphia for daring to have a Sommelier Smackdown competition. I wonder how many wines the average "moron in [...]
Hey City Paper, thanks for running the story! To add flames to the fire (perhaps?), the school is going to run a Red Wine Cagematch class! Check it out at www.vinology.com. Think Vince'll show up?
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