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re: Manziel files lawsuit citing copyright infringement of name Johnny Football

Posted on 2/23/13 at 11:50 am to
Posted by beatbammer
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/23/13 at 11:50 am to
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why should random people be able to make money off his name?


Because "Johnny Football" *isn't* his name?
Posted by DWag215
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 2/23/13 at 11:57 am to
It is his name--both legally and practically speaking. That some unidentified TAMU fan conjured this thing up a couple years ago is of no consequence.

Johnny Manziel is Johnny Football. Johnny Football is a term used exclusively in reference to Johnny Manziel. Without Manziel, there is no Johnny Football. When people purchase bootlegger products with some type of JFF reference, they're buying it specifically because people associate it directly with Johnny Manziel.

Quit trying to convince yourself Johnny Football doesn't belong to Johnny Manziel because of the nominal fact that it was someone else who gave him the name.
This post was edited on 2/23/13 at 11:58 am
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