Nissan is one of a handful of automakers that tweaked its logo in just the last few years; the former silvery 3D icon from the 1990s transitioned into a sleeker, simpler badge. But now a new Nissan logo has popped up in recent trademark filings, though it’s unclear exactly what it could be used for.
After digging into trademark databases, we uncovered that Nissan has filed a patent for this simple five-line logo design in both the European Union and Australia earlier this month. There's no filing in the US, though. It looks nothing like the current Nissan wordmark and uses two vertical lines on the left flanked by three horizontal lines on the right.
