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Beware Waluigi – karting days tearing the streets of Tokyo dressed as a Super Mario character are over, after Nintendo won its copyright infringement lawsuit against Marika Co., a company that offers a real world Mario Kart experience, Thursday in a court of Tokyo.
Titles like Mario Kart have inspired players to take street dressed as their favorite characters for years. And while this may be a fair game for Comic-Con fans, Nintendo filed legal motions against a Marika, which allowed Mario Kart fans to dress in Mario, Peach and Luigi and walk around. in the busy streets of Tokyo.
According to Nintendo's defense against his lawsuit, when Marika rented trolleys to his clients, they also provided a Nintendo character costume, such as Mario, Luigi or Princess Peach. Combining this with photos or videos taken of suit pilots who were used for commercials without permission from Nintendo, the video game company stated that it was a copyright infringement . Nintendo also pointed out that Marika was an obvious abbreviation of Mario Kart. The Japanese court in Tokyo has agreed to tell Marika "to stop the unfair competition" from her cosplay events, so that Nintendo can protect its intellectual property.
Although it may seem like a case of King Koopa trampling Toad, Nintendo has long been contentious when it comes to protecting its copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. One of the things that makes society so valuable is its characters, that it rarely gives way to third-party initiatives. For example, more than 500,000 games entered Apple's AppStore iOS before Nintendo tried out the water, publishing Mario Run in 2016.
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