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Delhi HC restrains Bihar real estate firm from using ‘Nintendo’ in company name
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Nintendo Co. Ltd., in its suit, stated that it was founded in Japan in 1889 and now a globally recognised developer and publisher of video games and gaming consoles, with registered trademark rights over the coined mark ‘NINTENDO’.
Nintendo submitted that it discovered in November 2025 that a company registered in Patna had incorporated itself as ‘Nintendo India Private Limited’.
It held that the defendants’ company name was “nearly identical/deceptively similar” to the Nintendo and was likely to cause confusion among members of the public and the trade.
1-3 have some connection/affiliation/nexus with the Plaintiff and this is resulting in irreparable harm and injury to the Plaintiff,” the court said.
The Court restrained the defendants and all persons acting on their behalf from using ‘Nintendo India Private Limited’ or the mark ‘NINTENDO’ in any manner until further orders.