Why is Nintendo so Overprotective of its Intellectual Property?
Why is Nintendo so Overprotective of its Intellectual Property?
by kjleebio
10 Comments
e-xtrc
coz they own those IPs and have the right to protect it? Lol
Icy-Big1418
Name a company that isn’t.
Double_D_DDT
The ’93 Mario movie put the fear of God in Nintendo
Existing_Judge5425
Cause they can lose IP if it becomes ubiquitous, think pop tart, post it, etc if you let it become “a Nintendo” the name gains a new meaning and now I’m allowed to go make “nintendos” because they let it become synonymous with video game console. Google is still fighting the same fight with “google”
Penguinkeith
Zipper, thermos, aspirin, trampoline… all once brand names now generic, Nintendo doesn’t ever want that to happen to their IP
zeez1011
Because they’re nothing without their IP. Their systems might sell but not to the degree they do without Mario and Link and all the others.
sludgezone
Combination of the fact that their software is all they have, and that they were burned on shitty licensing back in the day.
gamespite
This is a side effect of the way trademark law works. If you don’t actively protect your trademark, you’ll lose it. Other companies have taken out similar trade ads to protect their brand—“You can’t xerox a Xerox on a xerox,” etc.
GrayCatX
Because it’s all that they got going for them.
Drmo6
You’re asking why a company protects and values their property? Kinda answers itself huh
10 Comments
coz they own those IPs and have the right to protect it? Lol
Name a company that isn’t.
The ’93 Mario movie put the fear of God in Nintendo
Cause they can lose IP if it becomes ubiquitous, think pop tart, post it, etc if you let it become “a Nintendo” the name gains a new meaning and now I’m allowed to go make “nintendos” because they let it become synonymous with video game console. Google is still fighting the same fight with “google”
Zipper, thermos, aspirin, trampoline… all once brand names now generic, Nintendo doesn’t ever want that to happen to their IP
Because they’re nothing without their IP. Their systems might sell but not to the degree they do without Mario and Link and all the others.
Combination of the fact that their software is all they have, and that they were burned on shitty licensing back in the day.
This is a side effect of the way trademark law works. If you don’t actively protect your trademark, you’ll lose it. Other companies have taken out similar trade ads to protect their brand—“You can’t xerox a Xerox on a xerox,” etc.
Because it’s all that they got going for them.
You’re asking why a company protects and values their property? Kinda answers itself huh