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The long, storied history of Street Kart, previously known as Mari Mobility, a.k.a. MariCar, is a wild one, full of tourists dressed as Mario Kart characters darting around the streets of Tokyo, as well as numerous accidents. Last year, the Intellectual Property High Court ruled that MariCar must pay Nintendo 50 million yen due to “unfair competition and copyright infringement acts,” according to Nintendo.
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A judge has sealed Nintendo’s court victory over a go-kart company that did Mario Kart-themed tours in Tokyo. Early in the year, MariCar (now called Street Kart) was ordered to pay Nintendo $50 million yen (or $483,000) for violating IP rights. The company appealed, but Japan’s Supreme Court dismissed it, upholding Nintendo’s win.
Nintendo first sued MariCar in 2017. While other companies offered similar tours, MariCar’s IP breach was particularly offensive to the big N, because it let drivers dress up as Mario Kart characters. Nintendo also did not like the name.
MariCar lost the initial judgment and was ordered to pay 10 million yen ($97,000) and then slapped “unrelated to Nintendo” signs on the cars. After an appeal, the judgment was boosted to 50 million yen.