The Wii is Here.

[jamuko]

Originally Posted by Squeek

They haven't even registered the trademark. They said it was in the works for over a year now.

If you're tossing up ideas for a name of a major product that will sell out millions of copies, you register the trademarks for the final ten choices just to make sure.

~Squeek

I thought the same, but the main article promoting this idea (I found it =o ) had comments disputing it. Read them (the second half in particular). Apparently the TM deal has been just like this in the past; if you compare the date of the Gamecube's registered trademark and the date the name was unveiled, it is just like it is here with the Wii.



Check these few comments:

Just did a quick search of the US Patent and Trademark Office database. It seems the very latest filing date for which there are matches today (29th of April) is the 20th of April. This means about a six working day wait between filing and when an entry appears on the database.

That means that if Nintendo filed the day of the announcement, we may have to wait until Friday the 5th or even Monday the 8th until we see anything there.

Nintendo claims to have already filed their trademarks. With this knowledge in mind, they very well may have. Now, you would think they would have done this much farther in advance, but look at the past:

Hmm, Joel has a point…. USPTO search turns up August 22, 2000 as the earliest file date for GameCube, while the official announcement was two days later, August 24. Please give some evidence for the “6 months” claim you made earlier…

:/

I'm not saying it won't change, but I don't think we can be confident either way at this point.

But sure do I love the ride they're putting us through.