{"id":378096,"date":"2025-10-27T20:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fifa-23-ea-sports-fc-name-trademark"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:08:53","slug":"fifa-23-may-end-up-being-called-ea-sports-fc-per-new-ea-trademarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fifa-23-may-end-up-being-called-ea-sports-fc-per-new-ea-trademarks\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA 23 may end up being called EA Sports FC, per new EA trademarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fifa-23-may-end-up-being-called-ea-sports-fc-per-new-ea-trademarks.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>It looks like EA Sports may be reconsidering the <strong>FIFA<\/strong> branding for its incredibly popular football franchise. After noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/ea-considering-renaming-fifa-series-and-football-games\">the series may drop its now-classic branding<\/a>, the publisher has trademarked <strong>EA Sports FC<\/strong> &ndash; hinting at what the future of the series may look like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22715272\/ea-sports-fc-fifa-name-change-new-name\">Polygon<\/a> picked up the trademark filing on both the <a href=\"https:\/\/trademarks.ipo.gov.uk\/ipo-tmcase\/page\/Results\/1\/UK00003705955\">United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office<\/a> website and <a href=\"https:\/\/euipo.europa.eu\/eSearch\/#details\/trademarks\/018571137\">the European Union Intellectual Property Office<\/a>, pointing towards some serious intent from the games publisher.\n<\/p>\n<p>EA Sports GM Cam Weber said the company is focused on where the firm goes from the release of its latest football release, FIFA 22.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fifa-23-ea-sports-fc-name-trademark\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fifa-23-ea-sports-fc-name-trademark\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like EA Sports may be reconsidering the FIFA branding for its incredibly popular football franchise. After noting that the series may drop its now-classic branding, the publisher has trademarked EA Sports FC &ndash; hinting at what the future of the series may look like. Polygon picked up the trademark filing on both the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office website and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, pointing towards some serious intent from the games publisher. EA Sports GM Cam Weber said the company is focused on where the firm goes from the release of its latest football release, FIFA 22. 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