Activision Files CALL OF DUTY Trademarks in UK Feb 27, EU Mar 2

Activision Publishing, Inc. recorded multiple trademark application events tied to the CALL OF DUTY brand in Europe at the end of February and start of March 2026, with public trademark indexes capturing a United Kingdom filing dated February 27, 2026 and a European Union filing dated March 2, 2026. The supplied records identify those two filing dates as the concrete activity in late February and early March 2026.

The publicly supplied material does not include application numbers, trademark classes, or the text of the marks. The research notes explicitly state that the identity of the “public trademark indexes” that captured the activity is not provided, and there is no indication in the supplied material whether the Feb 27 and Mar 2 entries are new applications, renewals, or amendments.

The filings arrive against a recent string of Activision trademark and esports moves. The “World Series of Warzone” name has been used for Activision’s Warzone events since 2021, and the most recent iteration “offered a prize pool of $1 million and had its global finals last October.” Trademark pushback has already happened in that space: “On Monday, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball ... officially filed a notice with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to oppose Activision’s long-running attempt to trademark the term ‘World Series of Warzone.’ That same day, Activision gave up, filing an express notice to the USPTO that it would abandon the trademark.” The opposition window for that mark opened in the summer of 2025, and MLB signaled potential opposition as early as last September.

The commercial and consumer footprint that a CALL OF DUTY filing could touch is underscored by Activision’s own regional policies included in the supplied materials. For United Kingdom residents the policy reads: “FOR RESIDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: Activision may update the Program remotely without notifying you, provided that any such updates do not result in material derogation in the functionality of the Program, and you hereby grant to Activision consent to deploy and apply such patches, updates, and modifications. [...]” For the European Economic Area the terms include a specific consumer right: “If you don’t agree to the changes, you will be able to terminate your Agreement with us within 30 days from the date of any notice we provide, or 30 days from when the change comes into effect, whichever is later.”

The supplied material also preserves Activision’s numbered patch policy reasons under “5. PATCHES AND UPDATES,” which list compliance with laws, maintenance and bug fixes, structural updates, security, and combating unauthorized programs as grounds for mandatory updates.

The confirmed, concrete facts in the supplied material are the Feb 27, 2026 UK filing date and the Mar 2, 2026 EU filing date recorded by unnamed public trademark indexes, plus the related timeline and outcomes for the World Series of Warzone trademark effort. Public trademark registers will hold the next layer of verifiable detail — application numbers, classes, and mark text — once those records are retrieved from the relevant offices. As of March 3, 2026, no further filing details or an official Activision comment are present in the supplied material.