The United States Patent and Trademark Office listing for Sega's trademark for the Shenmue franchise has been canceled due to inactivity, DualShockers reports. The official trademark status for the use of Shenmue in the United States says "Registration cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 8."
To sum up some complicated trademark law, Section 8 of the US Trademark Act states that trademarks that are not being actively used in commerce must be periodically renewed in order for the rights holder to maintain the trademark listing. It seems that Sega did not sufficiently declare that the Shenmue listing is still in use.
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