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Unless there is a delay at the last second again, Jeff Jarrett's lawsuit against Impact Wrestling parent company Anthem Wrestling will officially resume trial tomorrow morning at 10 AM Eastern/9 AM Central in Nashville.
Jurors were selected yesterday and the trial had just gotten underway when COVID-19-related concerns (not directly involved with the trial, but in general) led to the presiding judge pausing the proceedings until 7/21.
At the center of the case is whether Impact Wrestling retained the rights to continue to use footage of Global Force Wrestling's Amped! TV taping footage, which Jarrett (at the time Chief Creative Officer of the company) made the call to use. Jarrett is claiming that after his termination, Impact no longer had those rights. Exacerbating the situation is that Impact had the masters from the GFW footage deleted from their servers, which Jarrett is claiming has prevented him from trademarking the content and is a huge financial loss. Impact has claimed the company only generated $10,000 in revenue from using GFW content and selling it on DVD and PPV. Jarrett is also attempting to wrest the rights to the trademark of his name away from Anthem, which acquired it as part of their takeover of the company when they called in the debt Dixie Carter's Impact Ventures had accrued from Anthem banking the production of TV tapings.
Leading into the initial trial date there was a flurry of activity, including Jarrett's side attempting to add Karen Jarrett to their witness list, which the court did not allow. Jarrett also attempted to have specific instances of his behavior while working for Anthem kept away from the jury, feeling it had no bearing on the ownership and use of the GFW name, trademarks, etc. but the court did not rule in Jarrett's favor on that issue, so his behavior before seeking treatment for his personal issues can be discussed during testimony in the trial.
The two sides had several settlement discussions over the course of the legal process but were unable to come to terms.
If you want to do a deeper dive, the case has been well documented here on PWInsider.com:
IMPORTANT JARRETT VS. ANTHEM HEARING THIS FRIDAY IN NASHVILLE
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6/15/2020 2:21 PM
ANTHEM'S FINAL ATTEMPT TO HAVE JARRETT LAWSUIT DISMISSED FAILS, JUDGE WARNS ALL SIDES TO CONSIDER GOING BACK TO SETTLEMENT TALKS, JURY TO DECIDE WHETHER PRO WRESTLING IS SPORT VS. ENTERTAINMENT IN SCOPE OF TRIAL, LATEST ON JARRETT TRADEMARKS AND MORE
by Mike Johnson
6/5/2020 11:53 AM
JARRETT, GFW VS. IMPACT WRESTLING TRIAL SET FOR NEXT MONTH AFTER SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS FAIL
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5/25/2020 11:56 PM
SCOTT D'AMORE AT CENTER OF LATEST JEFF JARRETT/GFW VS. ANTHEM WRESTLING/IMPACT LEGAL WRANGLING
by Mike Johnson
12/5/2019 2:23 PM
JEFF JARRETT RESPONDS TO ANTHEM COUNTER-SUIT
by Mike Johnson
8/7/2019 6:50 PM
JARRETT & GFW LOSES APPEAL REGARDING COPYRIGHT CLAIMS AGAINST ANTHEM
by Mike Johnson
7/22/2019 5:04 PM
IMPACT WRESTLING OWNER ANTHEM FILES COUNTER-LAWSUIT AGAINST JEFF JARRETT & GWE
by Mike Johnson
7/19/2019 12:22 PM
JARRET, GLOBAL FORCE SEEKING APPEAL OF DISMISSED COPYRIGHT CLAIMS, CITING IMPACT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INABILITY TO FILE COPYRIGHTS
by Mike Johnson
7/6/2019 2:56 PM
ANTHEM VS. JARRETT LAWSUIT UPDATE: WHAT ASPECTS OF THE LAWSUIT WERE DISMISSED THIS WEEK
by Mike Johnson
6/27/2019 3:42 PM
ANTHEM VS. JARRETT UPDATE, BAD NEWS FOR DIRECTV VIEWERS & MORE IMPACT WRESTLING NEWS AND NOTES
by Mike Johnson
6/26/2019 7:57 PM
JEFF JARRETT VS. ANTHEM LAWSUIT UPDATE
by Mike Johnson
5/2/2019 9:00 AM
JARRETT VS. ANTHEM LAWSUIT UPDATE: SETTLEMENT TALKS FAIL TO RESOLVE ISSUES
by Mike Johnson
4/15/2019 10:25 AM
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