As noted, Matt Hardy is now listed as the owner of the trademark applications for Broken Matt, Brother Nero, Broken Brilliance and Vanguard-1 trademarks.
Impact Wrestling had until January 28th to respond to a non-final refusal issued on July 28th, 2017, or else they would have been abandoned. However, on January 8th, 2017, Matt Hardy and Ed Nordholm signed an agreement that handed over ownership of the trademarks to Hardy.
In a post on her Twitter account, Hardy’s wife Reby Sky commented on the news She sent out the following tweet:
“TMs I filed last year are officially safe. Glad that’s over. I promised I’d always fight for you & I did. Always will. Congrats, #BROKEN @MATTHARDYBRAND”.