Epic Games has filed a trademark for the ‘Epic Games Megaverse’.Filed at the end of 2021, the trademark covers a wide range of goods and services and is presumably an umbrella term for Epic’s vision for the metaverse.While there’s no universally accepted definition, the metaverse is a network of 3D virtual spaces where users can socialise, play, and work, and some envision it as a successor to the mobile internet.
情報源: Epic has filed a trademark for the ‘Epic Games Megaverse’ | VGC
Epic Gamesが「Megaverse」を商標登録。10億ドル以上の資金を元にメタバース市場を開拓か
米国商標 Ser. 97189701
Word Mark: EPIC GAMES MEGAVERSE
Standard Characters Claimed
Serial Number 97189701
Filing Date December 24, 2021
Current Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) Epic Games, Inc.
G & S 9, 35, 38, 41, 42, 45
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: Marketing services; Marketing in the framework of software publishing; Online retail store services featuring game software, video games, computer games, and game programs; Online retail store services featuring virtual goods, namely, avatars, characters, environments, structures, props, furniture, vehicles, weapons, tools, toys, emotes, and gestures for use in online virtual worlds; Advertising services; Advertising via electronic media; Dissemination of advertising for others via a global computer network; Providing online marketplaces for sellers of goods and/or services; Organizing and conducting events, exhibitions, expositions and conferences for commercial purposes in the interactive entertainment, virtual reality, consumer electronics and video game entertainment industries
IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: Telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of virtual reality content and data; Providing metaverse services to access virtual communities via the internet; Providing an online community forum for users to share and stream information, audio, video, real-time news, entertainment content, or information, to form virtual communities, and to engage in social networking; Telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of electronic media, data, messages, graphics, images, photos, videos, audio-visual content and files; Telecommunication services, namely, data transmission and reception services via telecommunication networks; Photo, video, and data sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photo files, videos, and audio-visual content among internet users; Telecommunication services, namely, electronic exchange of voice, data, audio, video, text and graphics accessible via the internet and other communications networks
IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Online gaming services in the nature of a metaverse and metaversal environments; Entertainment services, namely, providing online computer and video games; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable game software; Entertainment services, namely, providing online computer and video game platforms; Providing games for use network-wide by network users; Providing interactive, multiplayer and single player games played via computer or communications networks; Providing online computer, video, and electronic games from a computer network; Providing online virtual reality games; Providing online augmented reality games; Providing a website featuring non-downloadable game software; Organizing exhibitions and events in the field of interactive entertainment, virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality, consumer electronics and video game entertainment industries for cultural or educational purposes; Arranging and conducting competitions and entertainment events for players of video, computer, electronic or interactive multimedia games; Entertainment services, namely, providing online, non-downloadable virtual goods, namely, avatars, clothing, pets, vehicles, weapons, tools, toys, emotes and gestures for use in online worlds and virtual environments created for entertainment purposes; Entertainment services, namely, metaverse experiences; Entertainment services, namely, providing an online virtual environment; Entertainment services, namely, providing virtual environments in which users can interact for recreational, leisure, or entertainment purposes; Entertainment services, namely, providing interactive entertainment and virtual reality content; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for enabling transmission of images, audio, audio visual and video content and data; Virtual reality video production for entertainment purposes; Augmented reality video production for entertainment purposes; Entertainment services in the nature of production and post-production services of multimedia entertainment content; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for streaming multimedia entertainment content; Multimedia production services; Photo sharing and video sharing services; Entertainment services in the nature of organizing, arranging, and hosting performances and social entertainment events; Multimedia publishing of software and games; Multimedia publishing of interactive computer and video game programs and software; Multimedia entertainment production and publishing services; Publishing services, namely, publishing of electronic publications for others; Electronic publishing services for others; Online electronic publishing concerning social media content; Entertainment services, namely, providing an online environment featuring streaming of entertainment content and live streaming of entertainment events; Entertainment and educational services, namely, providing non-downloadable movies, television shows, webcasts, audiovisual, and multimedia works via the internet; Organizing exhibitions, events, and conferences in the fields of culture, entertainment, education, and social networking for non-business and non-commercial purposes; Entertainment services, namely, ongoing comedy, drama, documentary, docuseries, animated, mystery, and reality web and television series provided over the Internet; Providing online non-downloadable videos in the field of comedy, drama, documentary, docuseries, animated, mystery, and reality entertainment; Entertainment services, namely, providing online facilities for streaming entertainment content and live streaming video of entertainment events
IC 042. US 100 101. G & S: Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for users to experience virtual reality visualization, manipulation and immersion; Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software development tools; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for designing and developing computer and video game programs and software; Platform as a service (PaaS) services featuring computer software platforms for use in software development, video game development, and the creation, development and operation of game and non-game worlds, online universes, and metaverse environments; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring computer software for software development, video game development, and the creation, development and operation of game and non-game worlds, online universes, and metaverse environments; Providing online, non-downloadable software development software, video game development software, and software for creating game and non-game worlds, online universes, and metaverse environments, all of which use virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality, mixed reality and metaverse technology; Providing non-downloadable software for use in software development, video game development, and the development and operation of game and non-game worlds, online universes, and metaverse environments; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring a computer software real-time 2D and 3D creation platform for use in the creation, development, production, and operation of 2D and 3D games, 2D and 3D interactive game and non-game worlds and virtual environments, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and extended reality experiences, 2D and 3D animations, simulations and visualizations, and real-time 3D sites; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in the creation, development, production, and operation of 2D and 3D games, 2D and 3D interactive game and non-game worlds and virtual environments, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and extended reality experiences, real-time 3D sites, and computer and video game platforms; Application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software; Application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software for computer software development tools; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for building user interfaces; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for creating, editing, uploading, downloading, accessing, viewing, posting, displaying, tagging, blogging, streaming, linking, annotating, indicating sentiment about, commenting on, interacting with, embedding, transmitting, and sharing or otherwise providing electronic media, images, video, audio, audio-visual content, data, and information via the internet and communication networks; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for modifying photographs, images and audio, video, and audio-video content; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in taking and editing photographs and recording and editing videos; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for curating online user-defined content; Non-downloadable software for streaming multimedia entertainment content; Non-downloadable software for transmitting, sharing, receiving, downloading, displaying, interacting with and transferring content, text, visual works, audio works, audiovisual works, literary works, data, files, documents and electronic works; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software that gives users the ability to upload, modify and share virtual reality content, augmented reality content, mixed reality content, information, experiences and data; Computer services, namely, creating an online community for users to access metaverse platforms; Hosting an online community website featuring game and non-game worlds, online universes, and metaverse environments; Interactive hosting services which allow the users to publish and share their own content and images online; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing user-created and administered groups within virtual communities; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for creating and managing social media profiles and user accounts; Computer services in the nature of providing customized online pages featuring user-defined or specified information, personal profiles, virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality content and data; Computer services in the nature of customized electronic personal and group profiles or webpages featuring user-defined or specified information, including audio, video, images, text, content, and data; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software that enables users to transfer personal identity data to and share personal identity data with and among multiple websites; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for finding content and content publishers, and for subscribing to content; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for organizing events, searching for events, calendaring and managing events; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and applications for instant messaging, sharing files, and electronically sending and receiving voice, audio, video, text, images, graphics, and data; Providing application programming interface (API) software for use in electronic messaging and transmission of audio, video, images, text, content and data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for instant messaging, sharing files, and electronically sending and receiving voice, audio, video, text, images, graphics, and data; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and software as a service (SAAS) featuring software for capturing, downloading, editing, formatting, displaying, streaming and sharing multimedia entertainment content, audio-visual content, video content, and associated text and data; Hosting of digital content on the internet; Software development in the framework of software publishing; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for use in metaverse applications to enable interoperability and information sharing between hardware devices, software systems, and the Internet; Computer services, namely, hosting an on-line multimedia virtual environment; Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring a computer software platform for immersive experiences in 2D and 3D games, 2D and 3D interactive game and non-game worlds, virtual environments, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and extended reality, 2D and 3D animations, simulations and visualizations, real-time 3D sites, and computer and video game programs and software; Hosting of virtual reality and augmented reality content on the internet; Non-downloadable software for providing a virtual marketplace; Non-downloadable software for processing electronic payments; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for use in designing, managing, measuring, analyzing, disseminating, and serving advertising of others; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for creating and maintaining an online presence for individuals, groups, companies, and brands
IC 045. US 100 101. G & S: Licensing of software in the framework of software publishing; Licensing of intellectual property rights
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