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Collecting Monopoly Games - Patent Free Editions

Patent Free Editions

In 1985, 50 years after Parker Brothers obtained the Monopoly licence, the patent expired so everybody can makes copies of monopoly. That was immediately done by countries like Tunisia, Syria, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.

On their turn Parker Brothers rapidly expanded their assortment with sets for former cummunist countries like Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, but also Turkey (all games manufactured in Ireland). Though the original Charles Darrow/Parker Bros. Patent has now expired, a lot of parts of Monopoly are copyrighted.

This is what you will see on the copyright notices on official versions and taking note of this will help collectors know whether it is an "official" version or not.

MONOPOLY™, the distinctive design of the gameboard, the four corner squares, the Mr. Monopoly name and character, and each of the distinctive elements of the board, are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. for its property trading game and game equipment. ©1999 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Also, Hasbro has got a Trademark on the word "Monopoly" using the Monopoly typeface and is renewed every ten years. This can be seen here.

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Here you can find lots of information about collecting and the many different official versions.

Though there are various Monopoly related items to collect, this website concentrates on the boards only.

This website does not sell any versions.

Total Official Editions Made

Upcoming editions

Here are known upcoming editions and approximate release dates.

Note: Release dates may change and/or editions may not be made.

Name Country Date
Aachen DE 17 Nov 2023
Beetlejuice AUS Late 2023
Birmingham USA Mar 2024
Boise USA Oct 2023
(The) Boys AUS Sept 2023
Bristol UK Nov 2023
Brunei May 2024
Cairns AUS Late 2023
Canberra AUS Mar 2024
Caterpillar USA July 2023
Charleston USA Nov 2023
Chelm POL Late 2023
Christchurch NZ Late 2023
Cleveland USA Late 2023
Duisburg DE 24 Nov 2023
Ed Sheeran AUS/UK Late 2023
Elton John AUS June 2024
Eyre Peninsula AUS 2024
Faversham UK Oct 2023
Forte dei Marmi IT 2024
Frankston AUS May 2024
Gaby's Dollhouse Junior AUS Sept 2023
Gorzow Wielkopolski POL Late 2023
Gympie AUS Mar 2024
Hungtington Beach USA Fall 2023
Kaszebe POL Summer 2024
Lancaster UK Oct 2023
Les Peres du Big Bang BEL Mar 2024
Lódz POL Late 2023
Loughborough UK Oct 2023
Luton UK Spring 2024
Mulhouse DE 2024
North Macedonia Late 2023
Nashville USA Oct 2023
Newport, RI USA June 2024
Newbury UK Late 2023
Olsztyn POL Late 2023
Oxford UK Late 2023
Park City USA Early 2024
Penang MAY Oct 2023
Portland USA Nov 2023
Richmond USA Fall 2023
Royal Leamington Spa UK Late 2023
San Jose USA Late 2023
Santa Barbara USA Nov 2023
Squishmallows AUS Sept 2023
Snowdonia UK
South Jersey Shore USA June 2023
Tampa USA 2024
Tucson USA Mar 2024
Tulsa USA Nov 2023
Usedom DE Spring 2024
Wielkopolski POL Late 2023
Worcester UK Nov 2023
Yellowstone AUS Oct 2023
Yorkshire Dales UK May 2024
Zabrze POL Autumn 2023

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