Epic Games Files Applications to Register Every Location in Fortnite as a Trademark

Your favorite spot to drop in Fortnite? It's now the subject of a federal trademark application.

On Friday, May 11th, Epic Games, Inc. filed applications to register every location in Fortnite (all 21 of them) as a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Links to each application are below:

• LUCKY LANDING
• LONELY LODGE
• MOISTY MIRE
• FATAL FIELDS
• SALTY SPRINGS
• DUSTY DEPOT (Ed. - RIP)
• DUSTY DIVOT
• RETAIL ROW
• RISKY REELS
• TOMATO TOWN
• WAILING WOODS
• ANARCHY ACRES
• LOOT LAKE
• TILTED TOWERS
• FLUSH FACTORY
• SHIFTY SHAFTS
• GREASY GROVE
• SNOBBY SHORES
• HAUNTED HILLS
• JUNK JUNCTION
• PLEASANT PARK

Epic Games filed each application (with the exception of LUCKY LANDING, which was not filed in Class 41, maybe by mistake) in the same three classes for the same goods and services:

• Class 9 - Video game software
• Class 25 -  Hats; Headwear; Hooded pullovers; Hooded sweatshirts; T-shirts
• Class 41 - Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Entertainment services, namely, providing online video games

Each application was filed on an intent-to-use basis, meaning Epic Games will need to submit evidence that they are using these names as trademarks for the listed goods and services before a registration can be issued. TMEP 806.01(b); 15 USC 1051(b). For example, Epic Games submitted the screenshot above with its application for the name FORTNITE covering "Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games," which registered earlier this year.

A federal trademark registration comes with a number of benefits, one of the main ones being that it gives the owner the presumption of the exclusive right to use the trademark nationwide (as opposed to within a limited geographic area, which is typically the case with an unregistered trademark). It can also streamline the process of filing similar trademark applications in foreign countries and gives the owner the right to use the little (r) symbol (unregistered trademarks can only use the small (tm)).

According to my quick search, these are the first trademark applications for the locations in Fortnite filed by Epic Games. The gaming company also owns pending applications for VICTORY ROYALE and SLURP JUICE, filed back in February, covering the same goods and services.