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26 public-record entries about Pokémon, in 5 sections, each read at its source on 9 Nov 2026
Patents, court cases, product recalls, broadcasting rules and corporate filings; nothing from aggregators.
Sections
Five sections, 26 entries, each with a named source
| Section | Entries | What is in it |
|---|---|---|
| Patents | 8 | 8 patents assigned to Nintendo with GAME FREAK, Creatures or The Pokémon Company, 2 of them expired in 2020, with dates, claims and what each covers. |
| Court cases | 3 | 3 cases with court, docket or citation, parties and outcome, each verified from a published opinion or a party's own notice. |
| Product recalls | 2 | 2 CPSC notices on the Burger King Pokémon Ball containers of 1999, with recall numbers, units and remedy. |
| The 1997 broadcast incident | 12 | 12 dated entries from government, broadcaster and ITU documents on episode 38 and the rules that followed. |
| The Pokémon Company | 1 | Incorporation, renaming, capital, head office and the stake Nintendo reports in its annual report. |
Rule
Only facts read at the source are published
Each entry names the document it came from and the day it was read. Aggregator summaries, news reports and wikis were used to find documents, never as the fact itself. Where a document could not be opened, the entry was dropped rather than copied from a secondary source.
Not yet covered: trademark registers, the US Copyright Office registration dataset, age ratings and FCC equipment records.