According to Chizai Watch, Square Enix has registered a new trademark under the single-word title “NieR”.

This is important because SQEX never had a registered trademark to cover the entirety of the NieR series, including NieR Gestalt/Replicant, NieR:Automata, and all the other related off-shoots. This trademark would remedy that.

Please note that this announcement does not reveal any up-coming release for the series, merely that SQEX wants to combine all previously registered trademarks under a single franchise. This will be easier to manage it as a whole as we move into the future. What this does suggest is that SQEX is clearly thinking about the future of the series and that we will likely continue to see new releases and additional merch, although I doubt we’ll ever get a NieR themed Mahjong set. This is merely to help SQEX cover their bases. lol

• Public Announcement Date: December 17, 2019
• Gazette Classification Release – Publication of Registered Trademark
• Business Application Number: 2019-150734(T2019-150734)
• Application Date: Reiwa 1, November 29 (November 29, 2019)

Categories

• Class 9: Machinery and Appliances
• Class 16: Paper
• Class 28: Toys
• Class 41: Education / Entertainment

Product Services

1. Ornamental magnets
2. Software for commercial video game consoles
3. Programs for commercial video game consoles
4. Telecommunications mechanical equipment
5. Cell Phone Straps
6. Other Telecommunications Equipment Parts and Accessories
7. Computer Software
8. Computer Software
9. Computer Gaming Software
10. Virtual Reality Game Software
11. Electronic Circuits, Magnetic Tapes, Magnetic Disks, Optical Disks, ROM Cartridges, and Other Storage Mediums that Store Computer Programs
12. Mouse Pads
13. Flash Memory Cards (Unrecorded)
14. Memory Card Cases
15. CD case
16. Computer keyboards
17. Computer joysticks
18. Other electronic application mechanical equipment
19. Electronic application machinery parts and accessories
20. Home video game toy software
21. Home video game toy programs
22. Video game software
23. Home video game software
24. Electronic gaming programs
25. Electronic circuits, magnetic disks, optical disks, ROM cartridges and other storage devices that save files for home video games
26. Gaming software for mobile devices
27. Gaming programs for mobile devices
28. Electronic circuits, magnetic disks, optical disks, ROM cartridges and other storage media that save files for gaming mobile devices
29. Recorded magnetic data recording media
30. CDs with recorded music
31. Recorded CDs and other recorded recording media
32. Downloadable music and voice
33. Downloadable ringtones for mobile phones
34. Downloadable music (including ringtone music for mobile phones)
35. Downloadable audio (including ringtone audio for mobile phones)
36. The audio recordings of previously recorded music, fictional stories, and/or other recorded media on optical discs, magnetic disks, solid-state memory devices
37. The video and audio recordings of previously recorded music, fictional stories, and/or other recorded media on optical discs, magnetic disks, solid-state memory devices
38. Video discs with music and / or fictional stories
39. Video cassettes with music and / or fictional stories
40. Video discs and other recorded media
41. Downloadable images (including video games, animated characters, card games, computer games, comics, novels, magazine art, text, graphics, and photo images
42. Downloadable wallpaper image data for computers and / or mobile phones
43. Downloadable screen saver data for computers and / or mobile phones
44. Downloadable video footage
45. Receiving and saving images that can be used on the Internet
46. Electronic publications in the field of computer games, video games, comics, and entertainment
47. Other electronic publications
48. Office and household glues and adhesives
49. Paper packaging containers
50. Paper flags
51. Card collection albums
52. Stationery
53. Trading cards
54. Picture postcards
55. Sheet music
56. Song books
57. Collection of photographs/images
58. Calendars
59. Posters
60. Catalogs
61. Pamphlets / Brochures
62. Information and guides in magazines, manuals, and books on commercial games
63. Information and guides in magazines, manuals, and books on computer games
64. Information and guides in magazines, manuals, and books on home video games
65. Information and guides in magazines, manuals, and books on games for mobile devices
66. Comics and novels
67. Magazines that cover material in comics
68. Other Prints
69. Calligraphy
70. Photos
71. Picture Frames
72. Amusement park machine equipment and its parts and accessories
73. Commercial home video game consoles
74. Commercial gaming devices
75. Commercial game robots
76. Home video gaming toys
77. Mobile device gaming toys
78. Mobile device gaming toy storage case
79. Game console joysticks
80. Card game toys
81. Other toys
82. Dolls
83. Board games
84. Items to play Go
85. Utagaruta
86. Items to play Shougi
87. Dice
88. Sugoroku
89. Dice cup
90. Diamond game
91. Items to play Chess
92. Items to play Checkers
93. Items for magic tricks
94. Items to play Dominos
95. Playing cards
96. Japanese Hanafuda playing cards
97. Yuugi cards
98. Mahjong tools
99. Pachinko machines and parts and accessories
100. Pachinko slot machines and parts and accessories
101. Yuugi equipment
102. Items to play Billiards
103. Trading card games
104. Trading card game cards
105. Professors to teach knowledge of the arts and/or sports
106. Provision of online comics
107. Provision of online magazines featuring computer games, video games, comics, and other entertainment
108. Provision of electronic publications
109. Planning, operation or holding concerts or music shows
110. Provision of images and video using communication
111. Provision of music and audio using communication
112. Musical performances
113. Providing information on musical performances or movie screenings
114. Planning, operation or holding of events related to games, comics, animation, and movies
115. Screening, production, and/or distribution of movies
116. Provision of computer games using communication
117. Provision of video games using communication
118. Provision of virtual reality game centers
119. Virtual reality using telecommunication devices (including mobile phone)
120. Provision of recreational or amusement facilities for virtual reality using computer graphics technology
121. Provision of information and guides on computer games and / or video games via the global communication network
122. Provision of games through telecommunication
123. Provision of game centers
124. Provision of entertainment facilities
125. Provision of computer games, video games, card games, entertainment information on animation, comics, novels, and magazines
126. Providing information on the provision of games
127. Provision of education and entertainment through membership

• Applicant: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
• Agent:
• OCR text: Ni eR