Sony rips off Mario and Warioware
What cheek! Baitohel 2000 is a Sony First Party1 Wario Ware Clone for the PSP showcased at the Tokyo Game Show which feature a pair of familiar characters. Not so much parody as a low brow rip off2.
Be sure to read Philip Wesley's comments on the legality of the "parody" under Japanese Law.
Whether or not a certain mark is used as a parody would have no legal implication under the Japanese law. That is, irrespective of whether it is a parody or not, if the trademark actually used is viewed as identical to the registered trademark, it would constitute a trademark infringement.
- Yep, you read that right. First Party, not Third Party. [back]
- Not to mention a not very funny or clever low blow [back]
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[…] Being a Nintendo fan it bothers me somewhat the other companies lack innovation, and are willing to blatantly rip ideas from their competitors, it’s nice to see a company own its own franchises and Nintendo has the most numerous and best franchises in the industry. The only reason we don’t see Mario on any other machine is perhaps the rip would be too blatant, but then again perhaps I’m wrong about that one. […]
the picture is ok