Legal Information (Copyrights, Emulators, ROMs, etc.)Thank you for your interest in Nintendo and our products. Thissection of our website is designed to answer questions you may haveabout our Intellectual Property ('IP' for short) rights.Here you will find information on such things as copyrights,use of game emulators, and counterfeit products. Pleasekeep in mind that infringement of Nintendo's IP rights hurts notonly Nintendo, but our players and the legitimate businesses connectedwith Nintendo. Counterfeiting is a serious problem not only forNintendo but also the entire video game industry.
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Nintendo willcontinue to aggressively protect its intellectual property rights.Definitions:.-Questions about ROMs and Emulation.-Reporting Violations.-Intellectual Property RightsNintendo owns intellectual property rights in its products. Theseinclude copyrights, trademarks, and patents.CopyrightsA copyright is an exclusive right granted to an author of a literary,musical, audiovisual or artistic work, giving the author the soleright to reproduce and distribute that work. There are several differenttypes of copyrights which are associated with Nintendo's products.These include various copyrights in Nintendo's software source code,executable code, game visual display, game music, game characters,product packaging, game manuals and labels; hardware chip microcode;artwork and publications.TrademarksTrademarks are the distinctive names, words, logos, designs andsymbols used to distinguish a product of a particular manufactureror source. Some of Nintendo's most widely recognized trademarksinclude Nintendo®, Game Boy®, Super NES® and Super MarioBros.®.
The Nintendo® trademark has been filed in many countriesthroughout the world and registrations have been issued in Nintendo'sname in many countries.PatentsA patent is a grant of the exclusive right in an invention fora period of time. Nintendo owns many utility and design patents.There are many patents and design patents associated with Nintendo'shardware and software products.CounterfeitsA counterfeit Nintendo product is an illegal copy of an authenticNintendo product. These counterfeit products often originate fromTaiwan, Hong Kong or China. The production, distribution, or saleof counterfeit Nintendo products is illegal. Nintendo has broughtthousands of legal actions worldwide to stop counterfeiters.
Digital Combat Simulator WorldDigital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) 2.5 is a free-to-play digital battlefield game.Our dream is to offer the most authentic and realistic simulation of military aircraft, tanks, ground vehicles and ships possible. This free download includes a vast mission area of the Caucasus region and Black Sea that encompasses much of Georgia. It also includes a flyable Russian Sukhoi Su-25T ground attack aircraft and the famous WWII North American TF-51D fighter. An additional more than two dozen aircraft are available for purchase.