Nintendo files Wii U trademarks, doesn’t own domains
Nintendo made the announcement about Wii U roughly two months ago, but you might be surprised to hear that they had not secured any sort of trademark for the console until recently. Last week, the company filed for around twenty trademarks relating to the word “Wii U”.
Going forward, Nintendo will probably look to acquire domains for the system. However, the website “wiiu.com” was registered back in 2004 and a quick check indicates that they do not own the domain. A similar address, “nintendowiiu.com”, isn’t held by Nintendo either.
It probably would have saved Nintendo a lot of hassle had they registered at least one of the domains prior to the Wii U reveal. In the end though, Nintendo will surely be able to acquire a website for their upcoming console.
