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Nintendo trademarks 3DS, 3DSPlay, and 3DSWare in Japan: begin speculating as soon as you’re comfortable

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 09:03 Written by Joseph L. Flatley Tuesday, 18 May 2010 09:03

It’s been a couple months since Nintendo rush-released a statement on its up and coming 3D handheld , and the company’s been predictably mum on most of the details . To be honest, we’re not even sure what the official name for the thing will be — although Nintendo 3DS has been the working title (and the one that makes the most sense, if you ask us). Now the kids at Siliconera are reporting a flurry of activity in Japan’s trademark database, with Nintendo registering such names as: Nintendo 3DS, N3DS, 3DSPlay (a 3D WiiPlay variant?) and 3DSWare (similar to DSiWare , perhaps). All in all, it seems safe to assume that the device we see at E3 will be dubbed the 3DS, but who knows? This certainly wouldn’t be the first time that a trademark has thrown us for a loop. Nintendo trademarks 3DS, 3DSPlay, and 3DSWare in Japan: begin speculating as soon as you’re comfortable originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 11:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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‘PlayStation Move’ trademarked by Sony in Europe, reeks of motion controller involvement

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 02:50 Written by Darren Murph Wednesday, 10 March 2010 02:50

We’re exceptionally likely to find out the official name of Sony ‘s PlayStation motion controller in just a few hours during the company’s GDC press event, but till then, we’ve got one more late-breaking morsel to chew on: Move. According to trademark divers across the web, Sony has filed a European trademark for “PlayStation Move,” which certainly sounds like a plausible title for some sort of motion-sensing apparatus. To date, we’ve also heard ” Arc ” thrown around (which we tend to prefer, if we’re being candid), and the logo shown here — which is said to belong to a separate trademark application — definitely looks more like an “A” than an “M.” Keep it locked right here for more as we get it. ‘PlayStation Move’ trademarked by Sony in Europe, reeks of motion controller involvement originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Apple locks down iPhone trademark, includes ‘electronic games’ category

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 February 2010 09:29 Written by Vladislav Savov Sunday, 14 February 2010 09:29

Patently Apple has sniffed out the latest, and most comprehensive, trademark registration acquired by Apple on the subject of the iPhone and we thought we’d have a peek. Already entitled to use the brand name under international categories 9 (mobile phone and digital audio player) and 38 (electronic data-transmitting device), Apple has now added category 28, which reads shortly and sweetly as a ‘handheld unit for playing electronic games.’ Before you freak out and start fusing this into your iPhone 4G fantasies, note that Apple filed the claim for this trademark way back in December 2007. So nothing necessarily new on the tech front, but this document provides the broadest brand protection yet — including the bitten apple graphic alongside the name — and could strengthen Cupertino’s case in its forthcoming battle for the iPad moniker. Apple locks down iPhone trademark, includes ‘electronic games’ category originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink TiPb , Patently Apple | USPTO | Email this | Comments

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Apple and Fujitsu inevitably caught up in iPad trademark dispute

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:47 Written by Nilay Patel Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:47

Well, here we go again . Apple might have stolen all the headlines yesterday with the iPad , but as we’ve already noted , that name has been in dispute since September — and it doesn’t look like Fujitsu, which has been selling its own iPad since 2002, is going to back down. “It’s our understanding that the name is ours,” Fujitsu PR director Masahiro Yamane told the New York Times . Maybe, but it’s not quite that simple. Here’s the deal: Fujitsu applied for the “iPad” mark in 2003, specifically covering handheld devices used in retail.

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Nokia throws "Xseries" into the ring, too?

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 July 2009 10:57 Written by Chris Ziegler Sunday, 19 July 2009 10:57

You know the saying “where there’s smoke, there’s fire”? Yeah, well, this is kind of like that, except its.. uh, “where there’s Cseries, there’s Xseries.” Stay with us: on Saturday we reported that Nokia had filed for a trademark on the “Cseries” name , ostensibly for a new line of smartphones, MIDs, or netbooks to complement its existing Nseries and Eseries lines

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Twitter: Using Tweet is OK, Twitter Might Not Be

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 11:55 Written by Thord Daniel Hedengren Wednesday, 1 July 2009 11:55

Twitter has applied to trademark the word “Tweet” says the official blog . They think it is an obvious attachment to the Twitter brand, but say they have no intentions of going after users of the word.

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