"Two new trademarks appeared in Japan for the words “Fire Emblem” and “EMBLEM“. Both were filed on the same day on June the 24th, and were registered today, July the 18th.
The interesting part is that it should not be a simple renewal, as none of the previous trademarks were set to expire any time soon. At the bottom of the post you can see the result of the trademark search for both names (“ファイアーエムブレム” is Fire Emblem” in Katakana)
Both trademarks have been filed by Intelligent Systems, which is one of Nintendo’s first party studios and primary developer of the Fire Emblem series.
Of course we don’t know what the trademarks are for, at the moment, but we can certainly hope that they have been registered for a new game of the series.
(190)【発行国】日本国特許庁(JP)
(441)【公開日】平成25年7月18日(2013.7.18)
【公報種別】公開商標公報
(210)【出願番号】商願2013-48423(T2013-48423)
(220)【出願日】平成25年6月24日(2013.6.24)
(540)【商標】ファイアーエムブレム
(731)【出願人】
【識別番号】397037890
【氏名又は名称】株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ
【住所又は居所】京都府城陽市寺田深谷64番地の38
(740)【代理人】
【識別番号】100174584
【弁理士】
【氏名又は名称】田甫 佐雅博
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(190)【発行国】日本国特許庁(JP)
(441)【公開日】平成25年7月18日(2013.7.18)
【公報種別】公開商標公報
(210)【出願番号】商願2013-48424(T2013-48424)
(220)【出願日】平成25年6月24日(2013.6.24)
(540)【商標】EMBLEM
(731)【出願人】
【識別番号】397037890
【氏名又は名称】株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ
【住所又は居所】京都府城陽市寺田深谷64番地の38
(740)【代理人】
【識別番号】100174584
【弁理士】
【氏名又は名称】田甫 佐雅博"
Source: http://www.dualshock...-game-incoming/
what are your thoughts on this renewal? Pokemon Yellow was also renewed a couple years ago, so this also could mean nothing.