Universal was arguing that Nintendo infringed on their brand, as they have done with a bunch of companies in the past.
Those companies typically just adhered to C&D rather than fight it, but Kirby was sure he could win it.
Kirby spent the first part of the case arguing all the ways that Donkey Kong was different from King Kong, and then closed his argument by citing a case between Universal and RKO pictures(The studio that made King Kong), where they themselves had successfully argued that King Kong was in the public domain.
This case was absolutely wild too.
Universal was arguing that Nintendo infringed on their brand, as they have done with a bunch of companies in the past.
Those companies typically just adhered to C&D rather than fight it, but Kirby was sure he could win it.
Kirby spent the first part of the case arguing all the ways that Donkey Kong was different from King Kong, and then closed his argument by citing a case between Universal and RKO pictures(The studio that made King Kong), where they themselves had successfully argued that King Kong was in the public domain.