公道カート、５０００万円賠償命令　「マリカー」訴訟で任天堂勝訴―知財高裁

　任天堂の人気ゲーム「マリオカート」の略称や同社キャラクターの衣装を使った営業は不正競争行為だとして、任天堂が公道カートレンタル会社「マリカー」（現・ＭＡＲＩモビリティ開発）に損害賠償などを求めた訴訟の控訴審判決で、知財高裁（森義之裁判長）は２９日、権利侵害を認め、ＭＡＲＩ社側に一審判決の１０００万円から増額した５０００万円の賠償を命じた。
　ＭＡＲＩ社は外国人観光客を中心に、マリオなどの衣装を貸し、公道をカートで走行させる事業を展開。森裁判長は判決で「（ゲームやキャラクターは）著名で高い顧客誘引力があり、不正利用する意図があった」とし、同社と社長に連帯して支払いを命じた。（2020/01/29-18:47）

A Japanese court ordered a go-kart rental firm on Wednesday to pay 50 million yen in damages to Nintendo Co. for violating the video game maker's intellectual property rights.
   The Intellectual Property High Court sharply raised the damages amount from 10 million yen ordered by Tokyo District Court's ruling in 2018.
   The company, Mari Mobility Development Inc., offers tourists, mainly those from abroad, the experience of riding a go-kart on public roads while wearing costumes of characters from Nintendo's popular game series Mario Kart.
   In the high court on Wednesday, Judge Yoshiyuki Mori, who presided over the trial, said that the game and its characters are well known and have a strong power to attract customers, and that the company intentionally made unauthorized use of them.
   The high court fully banned the company from using "Maricar" and other words or marks related to the Nintendo game in advertising or on go-karts.