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Trademarks & Proprietary Marks
Story Time Chess — Last updated April 2026
Story Time Chess — Last updated April 2026
The following is a non-exhaustive list of trademarks, service marks, characters, proprietary phrases, and copyrighted works owned by Story Time Chess. The absence of a name, logo, phrase, character, or other mark from this list does not constitute a waiver of any intellectual property rights. All names, characters, story arcs, lesson text, mnemonic phrases, and teaching methods within the Story Time Chess curriculum are the proprietary property of Story Time Chess and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark law. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
™ indicates a claimed common-law trademark. ® indicates a federally registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. © indicates a copyrighted work.
Story Time Chess™
Educational services, chess instruction
Chessercises™
Physical warm-up routine
Chesslandia™
Story world / fictional setting
Secret Missions™
Opening-strategy curriculum
Thinking Cup™
Signature learning gesture
Tactics Cake™
Tactics teaching framework
Feastival of Nations™
Story arc / event
Capture the King™
Branded chess game variant
King Chomper™
King Shaky™
Queen Bella™
Queen Allegra™
King Deboulajae™
The Cranky Princess™
Bea & Bop™
Acrobat bishop twins
Clip & Clop™
Knights
Chef Squishyfeet™
Earl the Squirrel™
Casanova the Dragon™
Thalia the Octopus™
Paulie Pickles™
Señor Sloooow™
Terry Tortoise™
Harriet the Hammerhead™
Mount Rookanook™
The Kitchen™
Center four squares
Lake Bluff™
Dragonia™
The Endless Sea™
The Checkered Lawn™
King Shaky’s Pillow Castle™
Magic Kitchen™
Rainbow Trailblaze™
Why Chess™
Pawn Treasure Hunt™
Back Row Dice Chess™
Team Chomper vs. Team Shaky™
Uneven Pawn Race™
Knights and Pawns™
The following phrases are copyrighted instructional text and original mnemonic devices authored by Story Time Chess:
“One step, chomp”
“One step, jewel”
“Gallop, gallop, step to the side”
“Tap your nose, 1-2-3, then shake hands diagonally”
“Straight down the street”
“Balance on the tightrope”
“Look, think, move”
“The long way around”
“Don’t count to three, just be like me”
“Pawns work better when they stick together”
The complete Story Time Chess curriculum — including all lesson text, character descriptions, story arcs, illustrations, and accompanying teaching materials across Modules 1–6 — is an original work of authorship protected by copyright. This includes but is not limited to the story arcs: The Kings, Piece Introductions, The Secret Missions, The Cranky Princess, The Feastival of Nations, Queen Bella’s Tactics Cake, Allegra’s Architect Adventure, King Deboulajae, Thalia’s Opening Moves, The Golden Chessboard, and The King Shaky Saga.
