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http://www.1up.com/article2/0,2053,1610115,00.asp
By David Smith
6/10/2004
In one of the more amusing updates to the Japanese patent and
trademark database (reported lately by Quiter), Nintendo has submitted
trademark applications for some nine total sets of three initials. In
each case, two of the intials are G and B -- standing for Game and
Boy, of course -- while the third varies.
The selection suggests that Nintendo is trademarking some of its
proposed names for the dual-screened DS handheld, since it's generally
assumed that "Nintendo DS" is only a working designation for the
hardware. Alternatively, if you're of a conspiratorial mind, Nintendo
has already settled on a name, and it's submitting multiple trademark
applications to camouflage its choice.
The initialisms, the applications for which all went in on March 19,
are as follows:
DGB
EGB
GBD
GBE
GBN
GBY
TGB
WGB
XGB
For fun, try coming up with the names that might be compressed down
into those initials -- "DGB" might be "Dual Game Boy," while "XGB"
might be "Game Boy XTREME~!" In the meantime, we'll continue to bring
any and all updates on the progress of the DS project.
http://www.1up.com/article2/0,2053,1610115,00.asp
By David Smith
6/10/2004
In one of the more amusing updates to the Japanese patent and
trademark database (reported lately by Quiter), Nintendo has submitted
trademark applications for some nine total sets of three initials. In
each case, two of the intials are G and B -- standing for Game and
Boy, of course -- while the third varies.
The selection suggests that Nintendo is trademarking some of its
proposed names for the dual-screened DS handheld, since it's generally
assumed that "Nintendo DS" is only a working designation for the
hardware. Alternatively, if you're of a conspiratorial mind, Nintendo
has already settled on a name, and it's submitting multiple trademark
applications to camouflage its choice.
The initialisms, the applications for which all went in on March 19,
are as follows:
DGB
EGB
GBD
GBE
GBN
GBY
TGB
WGB
XGB
For fun, try coming up with the names that might be compressed down
into those initials -- "DGB" might be "Dual Game Boy," while "XGB"
might be "Game Boy XTREME~!" In the meantime, we'll continue to bring
any and all updates on the progress of the DS project.
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