So yeah, I see most of these comments are just variations of "Nintendo bad grrr!"
Here's the thing. In trademark law, you have to defend your trademark. If you allow other companies to trademark things similar to your trademark without challenging it, it weakens your hold on the trademark. If I trademark something, then 100 other people trademark something similar and I ignore it, but decide the 101st person was too close and challenge that, the trademark office will basically say that since I let the first 100 trademarks go unchallenged, they are going to allow the new one also.
So it's not really "Nintendo bad, Nintendo trying to shut down mom and pop!" It's Nintendo defending its mark. They don't need or expect to win, they just need to file.
@chiptoon Huh, funny, I didn't realize Tears of the Kingdom was part of Nintendo's back catalogue 2 weeks before the game was even released.
It's almost like pirates use emulators to steal new releases, and your argument that it will just die if Nintendo sells their back catalogue is complete BS.
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Re: Random: Local Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo
So yeah, I see most of these comments are just variations of "Nintendo bad grrr!"
Here's the thing. In trademark law, you have to defend your trademark. If you allow other companies to trademark things similar to your trademark without challenging it, it weakens your hold on the trademark. If I trademark something, then 100 other people trademark something similar and I ignore it, but decide the 101st person was too close and challenge that, the trademark office will basically say that since I let the first 100 trademarks go unchallenged, they are going to allow the new one also.
So it's not really "Nintendo bad, Nintendo trying to shut down mom and pop!" It's Nintendo defending its mark. They don't need or expect to win, they just need to file.
Re: Nintendo Lawyer Breaks Down What Makes An Emulator Illegal
@chiptoon Huh, funny, I didn't realize Tears of the Kingdom was part of Nintendo's back catalogue 2 weeks before the game was even released.
It's almost like pirates use emulators to steal new releases, and your argument that it will just die if Nintendo sells their back catalogue is complete BS.