Editing Mario Kart (section)

===Rental go-kart dispute===
[[File:Mario Kart in Japan (27228418683).jpg|thumb|Go-karters dressed as Nintendo characters in [[Harajuku]], Tokyo]]
In September 2016, Nintendo filed an objection against the Japanese company MariCar, which rents [[go-kart]]s modified for use on public roads in [[Tokyo]] along with costumes resembling Nintendo characters.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Otake |first=Tomoko |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Patent authority rules against Nintendo, lets go-kart firm keep MariCar trademark |language=en-US |work=The Japan Times Online |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/09/national/crime-legal/patent-authority-rules-nintendo-lets-go-kart-firm-keep-maricar-trademark/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121623/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/09/national/crime-legal/patent-authority-rules-nintendo-lets-go-kart-firm-keep-maricar-trademark/ |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |issn=0447-5763}}</ref> MariCar's English website warned customers not to throw "banana peels" or "red turtle shells".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Nintendo wins lawsuit against Tokyo's 'Mario Kart' tour company |work=Polygon |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/27/17910844/mario-kart-tour-japan-nintendo-lawsuit |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927215307/https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/27/17910844/mario-kart-tour-japan-nintendo-lawsuit |archive-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> The service is popular with tourists.<ref name=":0" />

Nintendo argued that the MariCar name was "intended to be mistaken for or confused with" ''Mario Kart'', citing games commonly known by abbreviations in Japan, such as ''[[Pokémon]]'' (for ''Pocket Monsters'') and Sumabura (''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''). In January 2017, the [[Japan Patent Office]] dismissed the objection, ruling that MariCar was not widely recognized as an abbreviation of ''Mario Kart''.<ref name=":0" />

In February 2017, Nintendo sued MariCar over [[copyright infringement]] for renting unauthorized costumes of Nintendo characters and using their images to promote its business.<ref name=":0" /> In September 2018, MariCar was ordered to stop using the characters and pay Nintendo ¥10 million in damages.<ref name=":1" />