Is Grant of Protection the final stage?
Yeah, it's when the government has accepted the trademark and gives the trademark holder exclusive rights for that trademark for as long as the trademark lasts.
Yes and no. Grant of protection is something that needs to happen, yes, as you can see in the screenshot every region got it (except VN, but that doesn't matter), both the regions of terms of usage (SG, IN and NZ) and the rest of secondary regions (that i'm not really sure what are for, but are obviously not as important as the main 3), but the actual final stage is the fact that they published it on official gazette, which happened late in March (last thing in the list in that screenshot)
It's funny how this trademark went through 2 refusals but Nintendo kept asking for Period Extensions, they were not letting this one go no matter what lol. Most likely they had not enough to show or something to get the final approval, but now they finally did.
Friendly reminder once again for EVERYONE, that this is not a renewal, it's a new trademark separate from the STILL active ones of the original GS and DD that are being renewed on their own. They don't create a separate trademark to "renew" an old one, that's not a thing that even happens, it's silly to even think about it when that would mean they would waste extra money and trouble going through all the legal steps for nothing, for something they already have registered and they can just keep renewing as it is. Just so everyone knows how things actually work
So yeah it's just a matter of when and not "if" anymore. Can't wait…
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On the subject of Isaac's voice, I do agree and feel like they will use a bit stronger voice than the one we heard, but it's perfectly possible that they will use that one for the japanese one. We are most likely an english one anyway, we aren't getting another marth who speaks japanese while everyone in the roaster has been translated lol