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Who owns the brand (press view), 2016

2016

EstimateOur model or estimate. Treat it as an order of magnitude.

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.

The value

  • Nintendo sole owner of trademarks; TPC agent only

Where it comes from

Who owns Pokémon anyway? It's complicated TouchArcade · 28 July 2016 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

Nintendo is the full, sole owner of the Pokemon trademarks. ... They do not own the brand, they merely act as its agent.

In English

Contradicted in part by JP co-applicant evidence; treat as C