Do you think Nintendo will sue Aniimo?

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Rio ⛧ 29 Jul @ 12:05pm

Its a new upcoming creature capture game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh5JH0Yz75E

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Haruspex 29 Jul @ 12:09pm

They might. Nintendo would sue a single mom for a crude drawing of Mario in icing on her child's birthday cake.

Moogal 29 Jul @ 12:47pm

Originally posted by Haruspex:
They might. Nintendo would sue a single mom for a crude drawing of Mario in icing on her child's birthday cake.

Yes, corporate greed deluxe (i just sold my switch and wii)

Boblin the Goblin 29 Jul @ 1:15pm

No.

Unless they also want to sue Nexomon, TemTem, and Coromon years after their release.

redeyes 29 Jul @ 2:09pm

Originally posted by Haruspex:
They might. Nintendo would sue a single mom for a crude drawing of Mario in icing on her child's birthday cake.

Nintendo would sue their own mom

Tonepoet 29 Jul @ 2:19pm

With a name like Amiimo they're kind of asking for a trademark infringement lawsuit. That looks and sounds way too much like Amiibo.

Last edited by Tonepoet; 29 Jul @ 2:20pm

Boblin the Goblin 29 Jul @ 2:20pm

Originally posted by Tonepoet:
With a name like Amiimo they're kind of asking for a trademark infringement lawsuit...

Why? It isn't confusing with "Amiibo" and isn't a figure line.

Tonepoet 29 Jul @ 2:31pm

Originally posted by Boblin the Goblin:
Originally posted by Tonepoet:
With a name like Amiimo they're kind of asking for a trademark infringement lawsuit...
Why? It isn't confusing with "Amiibo" and isn't a figure line.

Amiibo is a trademark that's used in connection with both figurines and video games. Nintendo probably registered it for both. Trademark distinctiveness is also a factor in how this sort of thing is determined, and Amiibo is distinct enough that just changing the M to a B is likely to be an intentional riffing of Nintendo's identity. I think Nintendo has a justified case.

Last edited by Tonepoet; 29 Jul @ 2:31pm

Boblin the Goblin 29 Jul @ 2:32pm

Originally posted by Tonepoet:
Originally posted by Boblin the Goblin:
Why? It isn't confusing with "Amiibo" and isn't a figure line.

Amiibo is a trademark that's used in connection with both figurines and video games. Nintendo probably registered it for both. Trademark distinctiveness is also a factor in how this sort of thing is determined, and Amiibo is distinct enough that just changing the M to a B is likely to be an intentional riffing. I think Nintendo has a justified case.

What video game is called Amiibo?

Wild Child 29 Jul @ 2:39pm

Originally posted by Haruspex:
They might. Nintendo would sue a single mom for a crude drawing of Mario in icing on her child's birthday cake.

That's not even a joke, I worked in a bakery where I had to deny that request for that reason.

Tonepoet 29 Jul @ 2:46pm

Originally posted by Boblin the Goblin:
What video game is called Amiibo?

What if people thought this was the game called Amiibo and thought it would be some Skylanders type game where you could use the Amiibo you already got? What if Nintendo wanted to name a game Amiibo in the future?

Some games are also marked Amiibo on the box like Twilight Princess H.D.[storage.googleapis.com].

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