Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Companies Selling Counterfeit Amiibo Cards

Nintendo and Amazon filed a lawsuit against companies that were selling counterfeit amiibo cards on Amazon – the lawsuit was first filed in 2023, but the defendants did not respond to the court case. This resulted in Nintendo’s win, with the Seattle court awarding the company with $7 million.

Because the companies being sued did not respond to the court case, Amazon and Nintendo asked the court for a “default judgement.” This is a ruling granted by a judge or court in favor of the plaintiff in the scenario where the defendant does not respond.  

The court granted the default judgement, awarding the plaintiff with $7 million, as the court found the “damages request to be reasonable, in light of the nature of the deceptive scheme, the scope of the sales, the involvement of each Defendant, as well as the need for compensation, deterrence, and punishment.”

Nintendo sought $6.2 million against one seller, $47,652 against another, and $705,963 against a third seller. This totals to around $7 million – the amount they were awarded as default judgement.

“The Court finds that Plaintiffs are entitled to entry of default judgment in their favor and for an order enjoining Defendants from further conduct that violates the Trademark laws,” the court document reads in its conclusion. 

This is not the first court case Nintendo won in the past couple of days – they also emerged victorious over a case involving a file storage site and its alleged mishandling of pirated Nintendo games. Nintendo’s legal team also shut down a fan-made live-action Zelda movie.