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Nintendo's Origins

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MCA Universal vs Nintendo of America

Howard Lincoln was the personal lawyer first of the two guys who ran the import distribution business. He sets Nintendo of America up with a great antitrust lawyer to fight off MCA, which is a crazy decision. They discover that universal doesn't actually have the trademark for King Kong because it was public domain. The judge slaps them across the face and he's like, you guys knew you were in the wrong here.

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