Sega Protects Dreamcast Brand, Sparks Rumors Of New Console

A new trademark for the Dreamcast brand has appeared and is slightly different that the original  thus sparking rumors of a new Dreamcast in the works from Sega. Here are the new and old trademark filing, can you see the difference?

International Class: 009
Class Status: Active
home video game machines; player-operated electronic controllers for electronic video game machines; video game interactive controller, namely, hand held pads, and floor pads or mats; joysticks for video games; computer cursor control devices, namely, computer mouse; flash memory cards; video game software, computer game programs
No Filing Basis Claimed

New TD Link

International Class: 009
Class Status: Active
Video game machines for use with television; video game machine peripheral devices, namely, control-pad, control-wheel, control-stick, controller in the shape of a hand gun, controller in the shape of a fishing rod grip, mouse, video signal converter for connection to computer RGB display, modem, time-division multiplexer for digital phone network, memory card, floppy disc drive, hard disc drive and full keyboard; computer game programs; computer game cartridges, discs and cassettes; video game programs; home video computer game programs; home video computer game cartridges, disks and cassettes; computers; computer peripheral devices, namely, modem, time-division multiplexer for digital network, full-keyboard, display, printer, coordinate plotter, memory card, hard disc drive, floppy disc drive, compact disc drive, controller for video game or simulator program, mouse, and joy stick; computer programs for use in setup of computer operating systems, communication control on a computer network, managing e-mail, web browsing and network game play; musical sound recordings; musical video recordings; communication apparatus, namely, telephone and video-phone for use with a global computer network and satellite and telephone communication; interactive television terminal sets; television set top boxes for reception of coded or compressed audio, video or data signals; KAROKE players; CD-ROM players; and parts for all aforesaid goods
No Filing Basis Claimed

International Class: 028
Class Status: Active
hand-held video game machines with built-in screens
No Filing Basis Claimed

Old TD Link

So did you find the difference? The new one mentions a gaming mat! Also, the old one doesn’t expire until 2010 which suggests this isn’t just an attempt to preserve the Dreamcast brand.

Are you like CNET and you want Sega to Bring back the Sega Dreamcast?