The most EXPENSIVE Nintendo lawsuit
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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https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2... Background on Japanese game industry patents
• Nintendo is NOT ready for what's comi... Kit and Krysta talking about Nintendo patents
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxwp... ToTK patents 1
https://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/i... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 1
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 2
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/202... Nintendo Wii remote lawsuit 3
https://www.cyzo.com/2021/08/post_287... History of Nintendo VS COLOPL
https://tokkyo-lab.com/co/info-lawsui... Japanese legal firm writeup of situation
https://tokkyo-lab.com/co/info-lawsui... Further details from legal firm
https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c18... Nintendo’s joystick patent
• 【任天堂vsコロプラ訴訟問題】業界人だから話せる騒動の内部事情 Former Capcom producer’s video on the topic
https://www.mag2.com/p/money/1044837 Writeup of reaction tweets
• 任天堂「引き上げの49億5000万円を賠償金として払ってもらう」コロプラ「... Comments show Japanese game fans’ reaction
https://jp.ign.com/nintendo/53718/new... Video showing altered control scheme
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/ar... President Baba’s comments
https://www.bengo4.com/c_23/n_7465/ Date of first oral arguments
https://www.famitsu.com/news/202108/0... COLOPL statement on settlement
https://www.bengo4.com/c_1015/guides/... Detailed breakdown of timeline (which I found after painstakingly constructing a timeline of my own……)
https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/gen/... 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 Arcade 910703
Object in Mario's hand icon via Freepik from Flaticon
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