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Nintendo in historical research
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This article is about Nintendo in historical research.
Journalism
- Books from official Nintendo staff
- Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World (ISBN 0-679-40469-4) - This book produced in 1993 by David Sheff, describes Nintendo's rise to power.
Law
- 2019 Nintendo, Microsoft data breach case: This case involved the hacking of Nintendo and Microsoft's private networks.
- Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.: This was related to the Nintendo Entertainment System's lock-out system known as the 10NES (part of the "Checking Integrated Circuit" or CIC), where Atari Games were accused of copying it, and the theft of its source code. This lead to an unlicensed "Rabbit" chip, the workings of which companies exploited for their own unlicensed games.
- DMA Design Limited v. Pixar Animation Studios: After the Nintendo published Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Uniracers was released, Pixar Animation Studios claimed that the unicycle design was an infringement of the unicycle featured in the 1987 short film Red's Dream. Pixar Animation Studios won the case, meaning Nintendo had to cease production of new Uniracers games.
- Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.: Following the release of the Game Genie, Nintendo of America unsuccessfully attempted to sue Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc., arguing that the Game Genie allowed for 'derivative works' of video games.
- Nintendo of America, Inc. v. NTDEC: This case involved NTDEC ("Nintendo Electronic Co."), who infringed on the Nintendo trademark and produced pirated Taiwanese Nintendo games. When these games were distributed to the United States, it lead to a lawsuit which Nintendo of America won.
- Seattle Mariners originally formed following a lawsuit before eventually being purchased by Nintendo.[which?]
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Universal City Studios, Inc. unsuccessfully claimed that Nintendo's game Donkey Kong was an infringement of King Kong. The ruling was that King Kong's plot/characters were in public domain, so Nintendo won the case. It is also considered that the namesake of the Kirby is inspired by John Kirby; an attorney for Nintendo during this case.
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