Do you like playing Mario Kart? Would you like to make yourself a go-kart just like one from there? Better think twice, or Nintendo lawyers will bust your a…

Do you like playing Mario Kart? Would you like to make yourself a go-kart just like one from there? Better think twice, or Nintendo lawyers will bust your a...

Looks great, no? Last year, a group of honest-to-god cool guys from MariCar company have begun to offer a somewhat atypical go-kart rides services. Why atypical? Because MariCar stylized its go-karts as vehicles from Mario Kart video game, and even offered drivers costumes of Mario characters. Sadly, Nitendo came to the conclusion that MariCar’s services infringe their copyrights and their lawyers took the humble go-karters to court. As sad as it is, it is hard to blame Nintendo – MariCart’s name and the way they stylized their services would be hard to mistake for anything else than Nintendo’s franchise. MagiCart was sentenced to ceise and desist stylizing their services after Mario franchise and to pay Nintendo 10 000 000 yen fine. The company has even changed its name to Mari Mobility Dev. Too bad.

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