What this is
A 2019 Japanese domain-name ruling records that copyright in the Pokémon characters belongs to four companies: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak.
How it’s built
- Read from the published decision of Japan's domain-name dispute panel, case JP2019-0005 over pokemon-expo-gym.jp, which ordered the domain transferred to The Pokémon Company.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
Contrast with trademarks, which the same ruling says belong to the other three only. The Pokémon Company called itself the management company for both kinds of right.
Where it comes from
Japanese-language document: The Pokémon Company, 2019 JPNIC / JPRS DRP · 18 October 2019 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
当該著作権は、申立人並びに任天堂株式会社、株式会社クリーチャーズ及び株式会社ゲームフリークの 4 社に帰属し In English
The copyright belongs to the complainant [TPC] and to Nintendo Co., Ltd., Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc., four companies in all.
Where it’s used
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