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 ==Trivia==
-* [[Nintendo]] has trademarked several titles which have not currently been used but which fit the naming scheme of the core series games.<ref name="TM">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14363761&postcount=69 NeoGAF - View Single Post - The Japanese gaming trademark tracking thread]</ref> These include ''Pokémon Brown''<ref name="TM" />, ''Pokémon Gray''<ref name="TM" />, and ''Pokémon Delta Emerald''<ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/29/pokemon-delta-emerald-trademark-surfaces Pokemon Delta Emerald Trademark Surfaces - IGN]</ref>.
+* [[Nintendo]], [[Creatures]], and [[Game Freak]] have trademarked several titles in the {{wp|Japan Patent Office}} which have not currently been used but which fit the naming scheme of the core series games. The following information comes from the {{wp|Industrial Property Digital Library|Japan Platform for Patent Information}}:
-** Contrary to popular belief, the name "WaterBlue" was not trademarked. According to the {{wp|Industrial Property Digital Library}}, '''ウォーターブルー''' and '''WATER BLUE''' (registration number 5386853; filed August 2, 2010 and granted on January 28, 2011) are trademarks of {{wp|Meiji Seika}}, a Japanese pharmaceutical company. [[Game Freak]]'s [[Junichi Masuda]] did mention "WaterBlue" in 2004 on a blog post explaining the company's choice of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|"FireRed" and "LeafGreen"}} as both Japanese and international titles for the remakes of {{2v2|Red|Green}}.<ref>[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir/?p=109 増田部長のめざめるパワー]</ref><ref>[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/?p=25 HIDDEN POWER of masuda]</ref>
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Brown''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|茶|ちゃ}}''') [application number 2008-093270, registration number 5222905; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Grey''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|灰|はい}}''') [application number 2008-093272, registration number 5222907; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Vermilion''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|朱|しゅ}}''') [application number 2008-093273, registration number 5222908; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Purple''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|紫|むらさき}}''') [application number 2008-093274, registration number 5222909; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Crimson''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|紅|くれない}}''') [application number 2008-093275, registration number 5222910; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Pocket Monsters: Scarlet''''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスター{{tt|緋|ひ}}''') [application number 2008-093276, registration number 5222911; filed November 18, 2008, granted on April 10, 2009, expires on April 10, 2019]
+** '''''Delta Emerald'''''<ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/29/pokemon-delta-emerald-trademark-surfaces Pokemon Delta Emerald Trademark Surfaces - IGN]</ref> (Japanese: '''デルタエメラルド''') [application number 2014-035118, registration number 5701924; filed May 2, 2014, granted on September 12, 2014, expires on September 12, 2024]
+*** Contrary to popular belief, the name '''WaterBlue''' was not trademarked. According to the Japan Platform for Patent Information, '''ウォーターブルー''' and '''WATER BLUE''' (application number 2010-060625, registration number 5386853; filed August 2, 2010, granted on January 28, 2011, expires on January 28, 2021) are trademarks of {{wp|Meiji Seika}}, a Japanese pharmaceutical company. [[Game Freak]]'s [[Junichi Masuda]] did mention "WaterBlue" in 2004 on a blog post explaining the company's choice of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|"FireRed" and "LeafGreen"}} as both Japanese and international titles for the remakes of {{2v2|Red|Green}}.<ref>[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir/?p=109 増田部長のめざめるパワー]</ref><ref>[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/?p=25 HIDDEN POWER of masuda]</ref>
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