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Lost_My_Mind, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

I love Nintendo games. I HATE the company behind the games. And it’s not like this is recent shit either. This goes all the way back to the 80s. They tried sueing Blockbuster for including game manuals with their rentals.

So if you remember blockbuster printing the important bits of the manual, like controls, on the plastic dust cover, that was their workaround to “including copyrighted documents”.

And the only reason they sued for copyright infringement was because they tried to sue to end rentals completely, but blockbuster wasn’t breaking any laws. So Nintendo tried doing whag cops do, and bust you for something smaller, just to get you into court. Then try’d try to wear you down with lawsuits by showing you had a history of law breaking.

Problem was, Nintendo just got a history of suing anyone and anything.

Alternate timeline there’s a version of Nintendo who never sued anyone, but won THIS lawsuit, because they didn’t have that history of wasting the courts time for decades.

CaptainBasculin, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket
SirDankbud,

www.snopes.com/…/nintendo-sue-paco-gutierrez/ It was actually Venezuela and Nintendo didn’t sue.

When you spread lies like these it hurts the credibility of the very real problems with Nintendo, like suing a supermarket or attacking the emulation community.

JadenSmith,

I dunno man, I put the wrong pipe in doing some DIY in overalls and Nintendo now own my house.

They let me buy a sink back, which was strange since it looks exactly the same as the one I bought 20 years ago.

Krompus,
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CaptainBasculin,

LMAO this got fact checked i cant believe it

fr tho, who would even think this is real? Would you believe an article titled “Nintendo sues Italian family for naming their twin sons Mario and Luigi”?

Lost_My_Mind,

Would you believe an article titled “Nintendo sues Italian family for naming their twin sons Mario and Luigi”?

It’s Nintendo. And it’s 2025, where real life feels like satire.

So, yes.

Anders429,

It’s a joke omg

JoeKrogan, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

What if someone makes a game about the supermarket ?

jol,

You would not win in that case. Nintendo lost because their trademark does not apply to supermarkets. But if you made a game called super Mario, you would definitely lose.

Lost_My_Mind,

It’s called SuperMarket Simulator.

You can name your store whatever you want after you get to level 3.

philycheeze, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket
SurfinBird, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

“While Nintendo has trademarked the use of Super Mario worldwide under numerous categories, including video games, clothing and toys, it appears the company did not specifically state anything about the names of supermarkets.”

Kind of a legal version of the Air Bud rule.

crank0271,

On my way to open Super Mario Basketball Camp for Dogs (Especially Golden Retrievers)®️

Kelly, (edited )

Nintendo has a lot of active “super mario” trademarks with the USPTO, 79259975 includes the following:

G & S: IC 030: Tea; tea-based beverages; coffee; coffee-based beverages; cocoa; cocoa-based beverages; pastries; candy; ice cream; cookies; chocolate; popcorn; chewing gum; bread; buns; sandwiches; pizzas; pies; cakes; frozen yogurt confections; pancakes; crackers; mints for breath freshening; seasonings; ketchup; dressings for salad; cereal bars; oatmeal; corn flakes; noodles; pasta sauce.

www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search

This would limit the supermarket from carrying their own store brand product lines for these product types.

Off the top of my head I can confirm my supermarket stocks their own brand of :

Tea; coffee; cocoa; pastries; candy; ice cream; cookies; chocolate; bread; buns; pies; cakes; seasonings; dressings for salad; cereal bars; oatmeal; corn flakes; pasta sauce.

Admittedly my local is part of a large chain so this may not be typical but even independent supermarkets in my area tend to repackage bulk candies and chocolate under their own label.

Ghoelian, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

There was this coffee corner near us when we went on holiday to Greece, called the Super Mario Coffee Kiosk.

I’m still surprised Nintendo hasn’t tried to sue them yet, they even ripped off the logo and Mario himself.

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driving_crooner,
@driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br avatar

This one in Colombia is even worst

maps.app.goo.gl/XxU2yaDEkh7M5jUD6

ayyy,

“Mario Bross” lmao

ipkpjersi,

Especially since they have a trademark for Super Mario when it comes to coffee lol

AFC1886VCC, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

Fuck off and die Nintendo

atro_city, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

Get fucked Nintento. Get. Fucked!

bjoern_tantau, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket
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ipkpjersi,

Nintendo probably didn’t lol

Atomic,

They honestly probably don’t care much about the outcome.

But they do have to challenge it as soon as they find out, otherwise it could be used against them in future cases.

Maeve, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

Can't wait until we get Luigi health!

aeronmelon,

We already have Luigi Health Claim Adjuster.

Gork,

Triple D Insurance Consultants, LLC

nesc, do games w Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

Good. Fuck nintendo.

Rokin, do games w Dino Crisis 1 & 2 just got enhanced PC re-releases, courtesy of GOG

Thank you, GOG, again!

SuperSynthia, do games w Dino Crisis 1 & 2 just got enhanced PC re-releases, courtesy of GOG

Oh man, this is a dream come true.

2 was such a blast I probably rented the game from my local movie rental chain enough to actually buy the game.

Especially hot after the newest Ninja Gaiden 2 release. It’s almost a lost art having games with such a pure focus on action. It’s like a Michael Bay movie, you’re not watching/playing for the story, you’re playing for the adrenaline rush.

lost_faith,

We had a store just around the corner, where I used to live with a friend, we could rent 2 PS1 games for a month for $30 and since we would burn thru both of the games in a week usually we could return them and get 2 more for what the tax would be. Great times and my last console

Kolanaki, do games w Dino Crisis 1 & 2 just got enhanced PC re-releases, courtesy of GOG
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:O

ampersandrew, (edited ) do games w Dino Crisis 1 & 2 just got enhanced PC re-releases, courtesy of GOG
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

There’s also a new GOG Dreamlist, where you can vote for your favorite games of yesteryear to get the same treatment. If I might nudge you to the search box and vote for some of the following, you’d have my thanks:

  • 007: Agent Under Fire
  • Burnout before Paradise
  • Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
  • SoulCalibur 1-5
  • TimeSplitters 1-3
caut_R,

TimeSplitters for sure

7arakun,

Burnout 3 on PC would be a dream. It’s one of the reasons I still keep my 360 around.

Essence_of_Meh,
@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world avatar

If we’re making requests I’d like to add some of my own wishes as well:

simple,

Soul Calibur 2 running natively on modern PCs would be a dream come true.

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