Perhaps you didn't know about him, but The lawyer John Kirby, who passed away on October 2nd, was the one who defended Nintendo.. When Universal Studios filed a plagiarism lawsuit over a very famous character.
A few decades ago, when Nintendo had made the transition from Hanafuda card games to consoles. They launched the famous Donkey Kong arcade video game. Upon seeing this, Universal Studios sued the Japanese company because they considered it a plagiarism of their King Kong character..
Thus, in In 1982, lawyer John Kirby was hired by the video game company and took charge of the case. He brilliantly argued that King Kong was in the public domain. after so many years since the film's release in 1933. Consequently, Universal Studios had to pay Nintendo about 2 million dollars for the costs of the lawsuit.
It should be noted that John Kirby defended other corporations such as PepsiCo, Warner-Lambert, and General Food., But the most famous case was that of Donkey Kong. He departed this world at the beginning of October, just shy of his 80th birthday.
The character's name was in honor of John Kirby.
Without a doubt, the Japanese giant in gratitude, for such help, He named the famous pink ball after him, Kirby.. Furthermore, they gifted him a yacht worth around $30,000, nicknamed, needless to say, after the beloved video game character Donkey Kong.
Now, if Universal Studios had won the lawsuit, perhaps we wouldn't be seeing all these technological advancements in video games and consoles. We might still be playing with the famous Atari 2600. So tell us, had you heard of this lawyer and the lawsuit against him? NintendoDid you know that the pink ball character was named after him?
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