At the beginning of last year, Bandai Namco transferred full rights to the Elden Ring brand to developer FromSoftware.
Elden Ring, released in 2020, is one of the most successful games from cult developer FromSoftware. The next highlight will soon follow with the long-awaited Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.
While the action role-playing game was published in Japan by FromSoftware itself, Bandai Namco acted as publisher internationally.
Like now through a recently emerged one Document The US Patent and Trademark Office announced that Bandai Namco ceded ownership of the trademark to developer FromSoftware in March 2023. The document in question states as follows:
“The departing party [Bandai Namco] hereby assigns all right, title and interest in and to the Mark to the assignee [FromSoftware]together with the goodwill of the company symbolized by the mark and the identified registration therefor, and with all claims arising from or related to the use of the property in the mark.”