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Microsoft Trademarks

Published: 09 June 2003 | Updated: 04 May 2006

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Microsoft Corporation Trademarks

The absence of a name or logo in this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Microsoft Corporation has established in any of its product, feature, or service names or logos. The status column refers to the status of the trademark in the United States and/or other countries.

TrademarkStatusDescriptor

ActiMates

®

interactive toy

Active Accessibility

®

programming interfaces tools

Active Desktop

®

interface item

Active Directory

®

directory service

ActiveMovie

®

application programming interface

ActiveStore

®

retail technology architecture

ActiveSync

®

technology

ActiveX

®

technologies, platform, controls, scripting, server framework

Advisor FYI

®

personalized financial guidance

Aero

TM

user interface

Age of Empires

®

game

Age of Mythology

®

game

Authenticode

®

technology

Automap

®

travel series

AutoRoute

TM

road atlas

AutoRoute Express

®

road atlas

AutoRoute Plus

®

professional road atlas

AutoSum

TM

tabulation tool

Azurik

®

video game

BackOffice

®

family server

BackOffice logo (graphic only)

®

 

Bankshot Billiards

®

game

BattleTech

®

game

bCentral

TM

small business portal

BitLocker

TM

drive encryption

BizTalk

®

server

Blinx

®

video game

Blood Wake

®

video game

Bookdings

®

font

Bookshelf

®

CD-ROM reference library

Brute Force

®

video game

Bungie

®

games

Bungie logo

TM

 

Bungie.net logo

TM

 

Candara

TM

font

Carbonated games

TM

 

Carpoint

®

online automotive service

Clearlead

TM

lead management platform

ClearType

®

display technology

Computing Central

®

computer user's information service

Constantia

TM

font

Convection

TM

font

Cortana

®

action figure

Crackdown

TM

game

Crimson Skies

®

game

DataTips

®

pop-up information

DaunPenh

TM

font

Developer Studio

®

visual development system

Dexterity

®

software

Digital Anvil

®

games

Direct3D

®

application programming interface

DirectAnimation

®

application programming interface

DirectBand

TM

wireless technology

DirectDraw

®

application programming interface

DirectInput

®

application programming interface

DirectMusic

®

application programming interface

DirectPlay

®

application programming interface

DirectShow

®

application programming interface

DirectSound

®

application programming interface

DirectX

®

application programming interface

Drivatar

TM

AI technology

Encarta

®

multimedia encyclopedia/online encyclopedia

Encarta logo (graphic only)

®

 

Ensemble Studios

®

games

Entourage

®

e-mail and personal information manager

Excel

®

spreadsheet software

Exhibition

®

demo disc

Expression

®

design software

FASA Studio

®

games

Finty Flush

®

game

Fist of the Lotus

TM

video game

Forza Motorsport

TM

game

Fox head logo

®

 

Freelancer

®

game

Fringer

®

game

FrontPage

®

web site creation and management tool

Fuzion Frenzy

®

video game

Game with Fame

TM

event

Georgia

®

font

Great Plains

®

software

Halo

®

video game

Halo 2 logos

TM

 

HDCD

®

audio enhancement technology

HDCD logo

®

 

Hexic

®

game

HighMAT

TM

technology

HighMAT logo

TM

 

High Road to Revenge

®

video game

HomeAdvisor

®

online house and home buying guide

HomeClick

®

network software

Home Essentials

®

software

Hotmail

®

web-based e-mail service

HotStart

TM

technology

Imagine Cup logo

TM

 

InfoPath

®

information-gathering program

IntelliEye

®

optical technology

IntelliMirror

®

management technologies

IntelliMouse

®

pointing device

IntelliSense

®

technology

IntelliShrink

®

text compression system

IntelliSpeed

®

broadband technology platform

Internet Explorer

®

internet browser

Iskoola Pota

TM

font

J/Direct

®

application programming interface

Jawbreaker

®

game

JScript

®

development software

Kung Fu Chaos

®

video game

Laser Technology logo

TM

 

LineDrive

TM

mapping feature

LinkExchange

TM

online business services

Liquid Motion

®

web multimedia and animation

Lost Odyssey

®

video game

Mapbase

®

desktop mapping program

MapManager

TM

desktop mapping

MapPoint

®

business mapping software

MapVision

TM

desktop mapping program

Marine Mania

®

game

Master Chief

TM

action figure

Maximum Chase

TM

game

MechAssault

®

video game

MechCommander

®

game

MechWarrior

®

game

Messenger Service logo

®

 

Microsoft

®

software

Microsoft Agent logo

TM

 

Microsoft Dynamics

TM

software

Microsoft Dynamics logo

TM

 

Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools logo

®

 

Microsoft Game Studios logo

®

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer logo (graphic only)

®

 

Microsoft .NET Connected logo

TM

 

Microsoft Power Sense

TM

technology

Microsoft Press

®

books

Microsoft TaxSaver

®

tax preparation software

Microsoft TV logo

TM

 

Midtown Madness

®

game

Monster Truck Madness

®

racing simulation

Motocross Madness

®

game

Mozaki

TM

game

MS-DOS

®

operating system

MSDN

®

developer program

MSN

®

network of Internet services

MSN logo (butterfly)

®

 

Music Central

®

interactive music reference and entertainment guide

Natural

®

keyboard

Natural Language logo

®

 

.NET logo

TM

 

NetMeeting

®

conferencing software

Nina

®

font

Ninety-Nine Nights

TM

video game

Office logo (puzzle design)

®

 

Office logo

TM

 

OneNote

®

note-taking program

OpenType

®

font technology

Optical Technology logo

®

 

OptiMatch

®

game matchmaking system

Outlook

®

messaging and collaboration client

OutSmart

®

online game

Passport logo

®

 

PGR

®

video game

Phantom Dust

TM

game

PhotoDraw

®

business graphics software

Picture It!

®

consumer photo-editing software

PivotChart

®

dynamic views

PivotTable

®

dynamic views

PlaysForSure logo

TM

interoperability and compatibility logo

PowerPoint

®

presentation graphics program

Precision Racing

®

game

Project Gotham Racing

®

video game

Quantum Redshift

®

video game

QuickShelf

®

information retrieval tool

Reader logo

®

 

ReadyBoost

TM

technology

ReadyDrive

TM

technology

Realmation

®

animation technology

Realty desktop

TM

transaction management platform

Revenge of Arcade

®

game

Revenue Avenue

®

affiliate program directory

Rise of Legends

TM

game

Rise of Nations

®

game

Rise of Perathia

®

video game

RoundTable

TM

communications and archival system

Rushmore

TM

query technology

Security Shield logo

TM

 

Segoe

®

font

SharePoint

®

team services
portal server
services

ShapeSheet

®

shape extensibility

SideShow

TM

technology

SideWinder

®

joystick, game pad

SmartConnectors

®

diagram technology

Smarter Hospitality

TM

technology architecture

Smarter Retailing

TM

retail technology architecture

SmartScreen

®

technology

SmartShapes

®

symbols

Sneakers

®

video game

Software Jukebox logo

TM

 

Starlancer

®

game

Starts Here

®

multimedia training series

Sudeki

TM

video game

SuperFetch

TM

memory management technology

Tahoma

®

font

Tao Feng

®

video game

The Age of Kings

®

game

The Code Room

TM

entertainment services

The Hive and Design

TM

 

The Time Sweeper

®

video game

TipWizard

®

assistant

Trekker

®

pointing device

TrueImage

®

page description language

TrueSkill

TM

matchmaking

TrueSkill

TM

ranking

TutorAssist

®

learning technology

UltimateTV

®

service

UltimateTV logo

TM

 

Verdana

®

font

Virtual Earth

TM

mapping software

Visio

®

drawing and diagramming software

Visual Basic

®

development system

Visual Basic logo (graphic only)

®

 

Visual C++

®

development system

Visual C#

®

development tool

Visual FoxPro

®

database development system

Visual InterDev

®

web development system

Visual J++

®

development system, development system for the Java language

Visual J#

®

development tool

Visual SourceSafe

®

version control system, version control software

Visual Studio

®

development system

Visual Studio logo (graphic only)

®

 

Visual Web developer

TM

web site development tool

Voodoo Vince

®

video game

WebBot

®

components

WebCourier

®

HTML newsletter distribution service

Webdings

®

font

WebTV

®

service

WebTV logo

TM

 

WebTV network

TM

service

Whacked!

®

video game

Win32

®

application programming interface

Win32s

®

application programming interface

WinFX

®

application programming interface

Windows

®

operating system

Windows Live

TM

network of internet services

Windows logo (aka the flag logo, graphic only)

®

 

Windows logo (the 2002 edition)

®

 

Windows Media

®

technologies, player

Windows Mobile

®

software

Windows NT

®

operating system

Windows Server

®

operating system

Windows Server System

TM

integrated server software

Windows Start logo (design)

®

 

Windows Vista

TM

operating system

Windows Vista start button (B/W)

TM

 

Windows Vista start button (Color)

TM

 

WinFX

®

application programming interface

Wingdings

®

font

WMV/HD logo

TM

 

XBN

®

magazine

Xbox

®

video game system

Xbox 360

TM

video game and entertainment system

Xbox Authentic Product logo

TM

 

Xbox Live

®

online game service

Xbox Live logo

®

 

Xbox "Ring of Light" logo

TM

 

Xbox "Sphere" logo

TM

 

Xbox (stylized) logo

®

 

Xbox "X" logo

®

 

XL design (Microsoft Excel logo)

®

 

XNA

TM

development platform

XSN Sports logo

TM

 

Your Potential. Our Passion.

TM

 

ZoneFriends

®

buddy matchmaking system

ZoneLAN

®

game matchmaking system

Zone Message

®

player communication system

Zoo Tycoon

®

game

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Xbox Video Games–Japan

The absence of a name or logo in this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Microsoft Corporation has established in any of its product, feature, or service names or logos. The status column refers to the status of the trademark in the United States and/or other countries.

TrademarkEnglish equivalentStatusDescriptor

Nezmix in Hiragana

Nezmix in Hiragana

TM

video game

Maximum Chase and in Katakana

Maximum Chase and in Katakana

TM

video game

Ninety-Nine Nights and in Katakana

Ninety-Nine Nights and in Katakana

TM

video game

Tenku and in Kanji

Tenku and in Kanji

TM

video game

Project Gotham and in Katakana

Project Gotham and in Katakana

TM

video game

Jockey's road

Jockey's road

TM

video game

Jockey's Road in Katakana

Jockey's road in Katakana

TM

video game

The Wild Rings and in Katakana

The Wild Rings and in Katakana

TM

video game

Zunou Taisen Live in Kanji/Katakana

Zunou Taisen Live in Kanji/Katakana

TM

video game

True Fantasy Live Online and in Katakana

True Fantasy Live online and in Katakana

TM

video game

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Microsoft Business Solutions ApS Trademarks

Note Trademarks previously owned by Great Plains software, Inc., are now owned by Microsoft Corporation.

The absence of a name or logo in this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Microsoft Corporation has established in any of its product, feature, or service names or logos. The status column refers to the status of the trademark in the United States and/or other countries.

TrademarkStatusDescriptor

Axapta

®

software

C/Side

®

software

IntelliMorph

®

software

MorphX

®

software

Navision

®

software

X++

®

software

XAL

TM

software

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FRx Software Corporation Trademarks

The absence of a name or logo in this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Microsoft Corporation has established in any of its product, feature, or service names or logos. The status column refers to the status of the trademark in the United States and/or other countries.

TrademarkStatusDescriptor

Drilldown Viewer

TM

software

FRx

®

software

FRx logo

®

 

Instant OLAP

®

software


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