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Because we receive so many requests for use we cannot respond to them all individually. You are not entitled to use any of this Nintendo property without our specific permission. Nintendo has over 300 trademarks registered in Australia. This includes the name Nintendo, logos, characters, product names, games, graphics and website and marketing content. The Nintendo brand and Nintendo products are protected by intellectual property laws. Nintendo will continue to pursue the distribution of game copying devices on a global scale. In 2009 alone, working with law enforcement agencies, Nintendo has pursued actions against over 80 factories in China producing the unlawful devices. As part of its battle against piracy, Nintendo is also working with Chinese enforcement authorities to pursue factories in China responsible for the manufacture of the infringing devices. Nintendo has had assistance from law enforcement authorities in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States.

Since 2008, Nintendo has supported over 600 actions in 16 countries, confiscating over a half million DS game copiers. Nintendo has also been active in its efforts to stop ­the illegal distribution of game copying devices. For over 20 years, Nintendo has undertaken an aggressive worldwide campaign to stop the production and distribution of pirated video game products. Unfortunately, Nintendo and its over 100 independent publishers and developers, lose hundreds of millions of dollars per year to international pirates and counterfeiters.Ĭounterfeiting of Nintendo's video game products is a serious problem.

It costs millions of dollars t­o develop, manufacture, market and distribute a single Nintendo video game. The creation of a single video game often takes several years of work for teams of game developers, artists, animators, musicians, m­otion capture artists and many others. Nintendo has become a household word around th­e globe, and its video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry. This section of our website is designed to answer questions you may ha­ve about our intellectual property rights and Nintendo's response to infringement of those rights.