stood up to an appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\nA London court ruled last year that the wresting organization was permitted a limited use of the initials in the United States, but could no longer use its wwf.com Web site address. The wildlife group has wwf.org.
\nJudges Sir Robert Carnwath, Lord Phillips and Sir Igor Judge ruled Wednesday that the federation was guilty of “clear and repeated” breaches of the agreement.
\nThe federation estimates change of name will cost it $50 million. “The costs of rebranding now, after some five years of development, are entirely attributable to its own decision to take that risk,” Carnwath said. <\/p>\n
I know it’s an emotionalistic response, but there’s a real joy in seeing a ultra-macho utterly-fake, seriously-lowbrow multimillion dollar media organization lose out to an international organization focused on nature and its preservation.<\/p>\n
Go Pandas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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