Heel By Nature is reporting that on February 8th All Elite Wrestling applied to trademark the terms "Forbidden Door" and "Forbidden Portal" with the United States Patent Office for future use by the company, including merchandising.
The term refers to the invisible barrier that stopping AEW from working with NJPW, with the "door opening" indicating that a collaboration will be happening. A full detailed description of the filing can be read below.
International Class 041: Educational and entertainment services, namely, a continuing program about wrestling accessible by radio, television, satellite, audio; video and computer networks; Entertainment services in the nature of development, creation, production, distribution, and post-production of wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services in the nature of live wrestling performances; Entertainment services in the nature of production of wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of wrestling; Entertainment services, namely, providing ongoing webisodes featuring wrestling via a global computer network; Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing multimedia program featuring wrestling distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing series featuring wrestling provided through a global computer network.
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.
