Nintendo's legal department is famous - the company has sent DMCA takedowns to Mario fangames, Zelda mods, and more. But here's a story you've probably never heard of - an incident where Nintendo NEEDED to sue another company! I promise, it was for the good of the gaming industry. Let me tell you about the morally GOOD Nintendo lawsuit!
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www.inside-gam... Background on Japanese game industry patents
• Nintendo is NOT ready ... Kit and Krysta talking about Nintendo patents
www.vice.com/e... ToTK patents 1
jolt.law.harva... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 1
www.theverge.c... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 2
www.nintendoli... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 3
www.cyzo.com/2... History of Nintendo VS COLOPL
tokkyo-lab.com... Japanese legal firm writeup of situation
tokkyo-lab.com... Further details from legal firm
www.j-platpat.... Nintendo’s joystick patent
• 【任天堂vsコロプラ訴訟問題】業界人だから話... Former Capcom producer’s video on the topic
www.mag2.com/p... Writeup of reaction tweets
• 任天堂「引き上げの49億5000万円を賠償金... Comments show Japanese game fans’ reaction
jp.ign.com/nin... Video showing altered control scheme
www.itmedia.co... President Baba’s comments
www.bengo4.com... Date of first oral arguments
www.famitsu.co... COLOPL statement on settlement
www.bengo4.com... Detailed breakdown of timeline (which I found after painstakingly constructing a timeline of my own……)
business.nikke... Quote from other game company’s legal representative
CREDITS
Japanese arcade footage licensed for use from Lyle Hiroshi Saxon:
- • 1991 新宿東口ゲームセンター Game ...
Object in Mario's hand icon via Freepik from Flaticon
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