fcgamer | 5,362 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 A few days ago I received a message from the local department branch of the second largest city in Taiwan. It was about the garbage pickup schedule over the holiday weekend. Hmm, is that the bubble bobble dude in the corner? Then there's the ATMs from a local bank. Hmm that looks familiar.. 3 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketship Evan | 55 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Haha, definately. Asia doesnt believe in copyright laws like the west does, thankfully. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,300 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rocketship Evan said: Haha, definately. Asia doesnt believe in copyright laws like the west does, thankfully. I thought that Nintendo was extremely protective of its IP though. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,219 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Now I wish my bank had Bubble Bobble ATMs... 1 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,786 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, mbd39 said: I thought that Nintendo was extremely protective of its IP though. They generally are, but stuff like this is basically whack-a-mole. 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,831 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mbd39 said: I thought that Nintendo was extremely protective of its IP though. They are protective but if the government that they have to work with in order to crack down on offenders doesn’t process IP infringement cases efficiently well then its a lost cause. Ive seen some stuff like this in the Philippines. I bet it happens a ton in Asian countries Edited June 13, 2021 by phart010 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,696 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I have a buddy who just started a food truck and he decided to go all in with the Nintendo IP which will almost certainly end poorly for him if he becomes successful. Oof. That being said, the Sandos are delicious. 2 1 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,981 Administrator · Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: I have a buddy who just started a food truck and he decided to go all in with the Nintendo IP which will almost certainly end poorly for him if he becomes successful. Oof. That being said, the Sandos are delicious. Oof lmao. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,759 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 There’s a Poke bowl place near me called Pokémen and I’m just waiting for the day that daddy Nintendo comes knocking with a C&A and tries to bankrupt the owners Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot_Ninjutsu | 122 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I dream of living in a world where video game characters just show up in random places. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 677 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 A little less casual, but there's a laundromat that uses the mario font and mario for business locally. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 4,291 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 9:24 PM, DoctorEncore said: I have a buddy who just started a food truck and he decided to go all in with the Nintendo IP which will almost certainly end poorly for him if he becomes successful. Oof. That being said, the Sandos are delicious. How are the mushrooms ? Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 3,085 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) On 6/15/2021 at 5:33 AM, SNESNESCUBE64 said: A little less casual, but there's a laundromat that uses the mario font and mario for business locally. I'm guessing that he has a "lawyer" friend who watched an episode of Matlock at a bar (the sound wasn't on, but he got the gist of it) and told him, as long as his birth name is actually Mario, he should legally be fine. Edited June 16, 2021 by TDIRunner Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,539 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 hours ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said: A little less casual, but there's a laundromat that uses the mario font and mario for business locally. The owner of those laundry matts is doing it wrong if he doesn't have at least 3 arcade games and a claw machine in each location. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot_Ninjutsu | 122 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 This topic did help me remember a "borrowed" IP from my teenage years. There was a pizza place in town with the totally unique name of "Pizza King". Imagine a more basic version of this: Holding a pizza up with his left hand, nothing in his right, a crown on his head, and his mouth closed. The first time I saw the sign I'm like "That's Mario." 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-201863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 670 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 16 hours ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said: A little less casual, but there's a laundromat that uses the mario font and mario for business locally. "Mario's Coin Laundry" honestly sounds like a real Nintendo game from somewhere in the 80s. Hell, if Mario can have a Cement Factory, then why not a laundromat? Though also, we have to ask some serious questions about why someone would create a shop like this whose name is almost a literal synonym for money laundering... Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-202004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot_Ninjutsu | 122 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Those coins scattered across the Mushroom Kingdom have been out in the elements, probably even hit with paratroopa/flying goomba droppings. Mario has to take them *SOMEWHERE* to rinse them off. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/8043-video-game-stolen-ip-in-casual-situations/#findComment-202021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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