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Ashley Bardhan

Nintendo requests $4,500,000 in court judgement against alleged Switch pirate, but its lawyer says the price tag "is nowhere near" a fair compensation for the "seriousness" of the issue

Image taken by author Rosalie Newcombe of the official Super Mario Good Smile Company Nendoroid figure sitting infront of a Nintendo Switch OLED.

Nintendo of America is asking the Western regional United States District Court to award it $4,500,000 in a default judgement against a once-anonymous user allegedly involved in distributing pirated Nintendo Switch games.

In a court motion filed on October 3, IP-related law firm Lowe Graham Jones claims on behalf of Nintendo that James Williams – known as Archbox online – decided not to respond to summons served in November 2024. This inaction allows a court to award Nintendo what it wants without Williams' input.

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