Social news site Digg was just “having a little fun” when they decided to put Mario in many of their Diggbar links.
Nintendo disagreed and sent a cease and desist letter to Digg asking them to remove their trademarked character from use on their site.
The letter below, leaked to us by a trusted source, indicates that Nintendo is concerned about “the marketing or sale of your products & services.” Other than generating traffic for the purpose of increase advertising revenue and the sale of Digg “swag”, Digg does not actually sell a product.
This story is developing. We will update as more information is made available
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The fat lady sings for this gag.
Why can’t we know the number to which Mario is registered in the U.S.?
Wow, most impressive indeed. I like it.
Lou
http://www.anonymous-surfing.us.tc
Since when was a trademark number a secret? Last I checked that was publicly available information…
The trademark was blacked out because this is bullshit.
They’re pranking you all.
Its not a big surprise, they don’t own rights to the character.
Also no need to cover the patent id…
One April Fool’s joke on the web I actually liked.
Good God Nintendo is out of touch with reality.
Totally ridiculous.
I know this was a joke, but for those interested Nintendo has a trademark on “Super Mario,” U.S. Reg. No. 2345441, but I couldn’t find one on simply “Mario.” They had one in the past but they’ve abandoned it.
Mario who? Andretti?
One April Fool’s joke on the web I actually liked.
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