History
The earliest variation of today's Sorry! can be traced back to England. William Henry Storey of Southend-on-Sea filed for a patent. Sorry! was registered as a trade mark on 21 May 1929 (UK number 502898). It was subsequently trademarked in the UK to Waddingtons, the British games manufacturer who sold it from 1934.
A Canadian patent followed in 1932. An English patent was granted to the inventor in 1933. Sorry! was adopted by Parker Brothers in 1934, and they have published it since. It has remained particularly popular in the United States since then.
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