Nintendo won a lawsuit against Kabushiki Kaisha MariCar, which had used the trademark “MariCar”. The IP High Court deemed “MariCar” to be similar to Nintendo’s trademark “MARIO KART”.<\/p>\n
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The Tokyo District Court did not accept infringement on foreign language websites, but The IP High Court did.\u00a0 The basis for this is Articles 2-1-1 and 2-1-2 of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.<\/p>\n
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The Tokyo District Court did not recognize infringement on foreign language websites, as they considered “MariCar” to be not well-known among foreigners.\u00a0 In contrast, The IP High Court deemed Nintendo’s “MARIO KART” to be famous and accepted the similarity between “MARIO KART” and the defendant’s trademark “MariCar.” \u00a0Additionally, it was deemed difficult to recognize the elimination of confusion even with a disclaimer.<\/p>\n
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The difference in judgment between the Tokyo District Court and The IP High Court lies in whether they recognized the use of foreign language websites as unfair competition.\u00a0 “MariCar” is well-known within Japan but not among foreigners.\u00a0 The IP High Court recognized the use of foreign language websites as unfair competition by comparing “MARIO KART” with the defendant’s trademark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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