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Kaan Serin

Elden Ring trademarks goes through "change of ownership" that sees Fromsoftware fully own its magnum opus

Elden Ring.

Developer FromSoftware now fully owns the trademark to its open world opus Elden Ring, after previously sharing ownership with publisher Bandai Namco. 

Changes to the trademark records apparently went into effect last year on April 24, 2023, even though government websites in the UK and US only reflected the "change of ownership" recently. Bandai Namco is still actively on publishing duties and the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC was highlighted in its latest earnings report, so this legal handover doesn't change anything immediately. 

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