What this is
How far Pokémon's logo-style trademarks reach: the 2001 POKÉ BALL word mark covers 1 class of goods; the 2024 Poké Ball design 18; the 2026 bare logo 20.
How it’s built
- Counted the classes listed in each USPTO record; the word-mark class came from a trademark aggregator's copy of the USPTO record.
What we assumed
- The rise in classes reflects Nintendo refiling the marks to cover what the licensing programme sells into.The new filings add food, hospitality and retail classes, but no source states the reason; this is the research's reading.
Sanity check
The counts are filed facts; the explanation is interpretation. Class counts measure legal reach, not sales.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
Show the working
- see method