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Record

The registered US owner of the POKEMON trademark for entertainment services (class 41)

Filed 18 December 1997; reg 27 July 1999

FiledA filed registry record, read directly (through a mirror of the official data).

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

What this is

The registered US owner of the POKEMON trademark for entertainment services (class 41): Nintendo of America, filed December 1997 and registered July 1999.

How it’s built

  1. Read from the US Patent and Trademark Office record (registration 2265698), via a site that mirrors USPTO data.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The owner of record is Nintendo of America, not The Pokémon Company International. A registry shows who holds the mark, not who licenses it or receives the fees.

The value

  • Nintendo of America Inc.

Where it comes from

POKEMON US serial 75407567 (Class 41) Markinton (USPTO data mirror) · 27 July 1999 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

owned by NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. ... Class 41; filed December 18, 1997; reg 2265698; live

In English

USPTO record shows NOA, not TPCi, as US registrant

Where it’s used

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