Nintendo seeks further legal action against previously sued Switch ROM seller

Nintendo going back for Round 2

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Nintendo is taking further legal action against Switch ROM-selling website RomUniverse, with whom the publisher previously filed suit in 2019, in the case that saw the siteā€™s owner ordered to pay Nintendo $2.1 million in damages.

As reported by Pocket Gamer, Nintendo has filed a new request for a permanent injunction, after RomUniverse owner Matthew Storman allegedly missed their first monthly payment of $50. Nintendo sees Stormanā€™s failure to meet the payment as a sign of the defendantā€™s disregard for the courtā€™s orders. Furthermore, Nintendo believes that Storman intends to relaunch RomUniverse, and is thus seeking a permanent injunction against the site and its owner.

ā€œThis failure to make even the modest $50/month payment, an amount that he proposed and agreed to, demonstrates that Nintendo has no adequate remedy at law for Defendantā€™s past or future infringement and underscores the need for a permanent injunction,ā€ reads Nintendoā€™s new filing, also noting ā€œ[The] Defendantā€™s threat to continue to operate RomUniverse to distribute videogame ROMs, using the same website he used for the past several years to mass-infringe Nintendoā€™s copyright and trademark rights, necessitates the entry of an injunction.ā€

Back in May, presiding Judge Marshall ordered the closure of RomUniverse, ordering Storman pay Nintendo trademark damages of $400,000 USD, as well as $35,000 for each Nintendo product listed on the website, for a total of $2.1 million.


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