3 days ago · Outside of the legal system of registering brands and trademarks, that'd put the supermarket's creation at around 12 years before the first Super Mario Bros. game released in 1985.

2 days ago · Located in San Ramón, Costa Rica, the Super Mario supermarket has been in business for 52 years now. Having opened its doors in 1973, which is a full 12 years before “Super Mario Bros ...

16 hours ago · Conozca los detalles del caso Super Mario y del registro de marcas Le contamos los aspectos legales que permitieron que este supermercado alajuelense pudiera seguir usando su nombre y de paso ...

3 days ago · In Costa Rica, supermarkets are generally called ‘Super’, so the name of this store better translates to ‘Supermarket Mario’ – which also didn’t help Nintendo’s case.

2 days ago · In Costa Rica, the term “super” is often used as shorthand for “supermarket.” What began as a routine trademark registration process turned into a clash of the titans when Nintendo of America filed an appeal, claiming exclusive rights to the “Super Mario” name.

3 days ago · As reported by Eurogamer, Don Mario is the owner of Super Mario, a local supermarket in San Ramón, Costa Rica. Nintendo seemingly left the Super Mario shop alone for years, and only opposed the ...

1 day ago · In brief: A small supermarket in Costa Rica has emerged victorious in an unlikely legal battle against video game giant Nintendo over the use of the iconic "Super Mario" name. The unassuming ...

4 days ago · Lo que parecía un simple trámite legal terminó convirtiéndose en una batalla inesperada para José Mario Alfaro González, un comerciante de San Ramón de Alajuela. Su intención de registrar el nombre de su abastecedor, “Súper Mario”, en el Registro Nacional, lo llevó a enfrentarse legalmente con una de las empresas de videojuegos ...

3 days ago · A Costa Rican supermarket has claimed victory against Nintendo in a trademark battle over its name: Super Mario. The Super Mario shop in San Ramón is allegedly named as such because it is a ...

2 days ago · The aptly-named "Super Mario" supermarket in San Ramon, Costa Rice was recently allowed to retain the name the store has used for decades, as ruled by Costa Rica's trademark authority, The ...