https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-loses-trademark-fight-against-super-mario-supermarket
Basically here in Costa Rica we call local supermarkets "Super". This dude in a tiny town named Mario Alfaro had his tiny grocery shop and named it "Super Mario"
Nintendo of America sued him for copyright infringement, but this dude won the lawsuit due to the fact that Nintendo is trademarked in classes 9, 18, 25 and 28, which are for clothes, games and accesories.
The owner of the shop claimed he registered the "Super Mario" trademark in Costa Rica under class 35 which in local and international law indicates that it sells basic groceries and Nintendo's trademark classes do not cover them.
Sounds made up… but it is not 🤷♀️
by motherofcats04