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    Nintendo Goes DS/DSi Trademark Crazy!

    A buttload (yes, buttload) of new Nintendo trademarks have reared their head on the Japanese trademark database. Dates and trademarks to follow:
    Trademarks filed on September 30, 2008
    DSiChannel
    DSiStation
    DSiNews
    DSiMovie
    DSiMusic

    Trademarks filed on October 1, 2008
    DSiMail
    DSiMode
    DSiVision
    DSiTsuushin (DSiCommunication)
    DSArcade
    DSBook
    DSCreator
    DSClub
    DSCommunity
    DSCooking
    DSDiary
    DSeye
    DSFamily
    DSFriend
    DSLife
    DSLive
    DSLibrary
    DSmobile
    DSMap
    DSNavi
    DSNet
    DSPhone
    DSPlus
    DSPoint
    DSSchool
    DSSpeak
    DSShop
    DSShopping
    DSTrainer
    DSTime
    DSWalk
    DSZone
    MyDS
    CatchDS
    ShotDS

    There's a couple obvious monikers Nintendo missed: DSTravel/DSiTravel, DSFood/DSiFood (or "Gourmet") and DSFit/DSiFit — not to mention the long overdue DSPrintsMoney. Those are freebies, trademark squatters!

    Other filings include an application for "Friends Collection" (possibly the English name for Tomodachi Connection). There's also 3DPicross listed as well as this mysterious logo, pictured:

    Nintendo's trademarks provide a glimpse of what the company is not only planning, but trademarking. Fascinating.

    Nintendo Trademarks DSi and DS… Well Everything [Siliconera]

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