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.
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
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”?
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What if someone makes a game about the supermarket ?
It’s called SuperMarket Simulator.
You can name your store whatever you want after you get to level 3.
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.
Good. Fuck nintendo.
Can’t wait until we get Luigi health!
We already have Luigi Health Claim Adjuster.
Triple D Insurance Consultants, LLC
Fuck off and die Nintendo
“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.
On my way to open Super Mario Basketball Camp for Dogs (Especially Golden Retrievers)®️
Nintendo has a lot of active “super mario” trademarks with the USPTO, 79259975 includes the following:
https://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.
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.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/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.
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It’s a joke omg
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”?
It’s Nintendo. And it’s 2025, where real life feels like satire.
So, yes.
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.
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.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GDb1im57PSED5fmt5
This one in Colombia is even worst
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XxU2yaDEkh7M5jUD6
“Mario Bross” lmao
Especially since they have a trademark for Super Mario when it comes to coffee lol
Get fucked Nintento. Get. Fucked!
Meanwhile…
Nintendo probably didn’t lol
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.