Court Orders Nintendo to Remove Press Release

A Hong Kong court has ordered Nintendo to remove from its website a press release relating to litigation between it and Supreme Factory Limited ("Supreme"). Supreme has been accused of infringing Nintendo's intellectual property rights by making mod chips.

Specifically, the Court found that Nintendo's release incorrectly stated that a final, substantive judgment on intellectual property right infringement has been handed down by the Court against Supreme. The Court further concluded that, by issuing the release, Nintendo had breached an implied undertaking not to use information and/or documentation obtained as a result of a search order carried out on Supreme's premises except for the purposes of the proceeding.

Coverage at: Destructoid