Here’s an interesting one. Siliconera has dug up what it claims to be a Japanese trademark for the term ” Zii ,” and contrary to what you may expect, the application wasn’t filed by Creative . We double checked the database, and sure enough, the paperwork went through on October 30th — which almost certainly means that this was more than just some day-late attempt to fend off the next-generation of KIRF Wii consoles .
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Nintendo trademarks ‘Zii’ over in Japan, Creative is like ‘zaywha?’