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Nintendo is one of the largest video game publishers in the world, producing both hardware and software. Since the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, the company has generally been proactive to assure its intellectual property in both hardware and software is legally protected.
Yuzu, the most popular Nintendo Switch emulator to date, has closed up shop and agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million after the latter sued the developers behind the emulator for breaching the ...
Blockbuster publicly accused Nintendo of starting the lawsuit after being excluded from the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act, which prohibited the rental of computer software but allowed the rental of Nintendo's game cartridges. Nintendo responded that they were enforcing their copyright as an essential foundation of the video game industry.
[16] [18] In the Handbook of Intellectual Property Claims and Remedies, the author Patrick J. Flinn argued that Nintendo failed to take into account a fair use analysis, and that there was no real evidence that the Game Genie hurt their business. [19] Galoob v Nintendo signaled a change in the legality of third party game products of all kinds ...
There is no evidence of a cease-and-desist order or a $200 million lawsuit, and Nintendo of America confirmed in a Jan. 29 statement to USA TODAY that the lawsuit is not true.
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Nintendo later lost a lawsuit against Galoob over the Game Genie, [28] signalling a change in the legality of third party game products of all kinds. [32] Nintendo also sued Blockbuster to prevent them from renting their games, [28] but could only prove copyright infringement in their photocopied game manuals, allowing the game rental business ...
Atari had sued Amusement World claiming that its video game Meteors violated their copyright on Asteroids. The court did find twenty-two similarities between the two games, but ruled against Atari's claims, citing these elements as scènes à faire for games about shooting at asteroids. [19]