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In the early 1980s, Donkey Kong was exploding in arcades and living rooms. But behind the beeps, pixels, and ColecoVision hype, Universal Studios was making a massive legal play. The Hollywood giant claimed Nintendo’s arcade hit infringed on King Kong, then quietly pressured Coleco into paying millions before Nintendo ever got its day in court. This is the strange, messy story of how Nintendo refused to fold, dug through Universal’s own legal history, and found the contradiction that blew the case apart. We get into the court transcripts, the internal studio memos, the $4.5 million Coleco settlement, the trademark fight over a giant ape on a building, and the brilliant dictionary-based defense that helped turn Universal’s own argument against it. It is a story about video games, Hollywood power, public domain culture, and the difference between protecting intellectual property and weaponizing it. Forty years later, Universal and Nintendo are building Donkey Kong attractions together, which makes the whole thing feel even more surreal. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Universal vs Nintendo: Battle for Kong 01:21 - Coleco Walks into Universal’s Legal Trap 03:12 - Nintendo Fights Universal 04:50 - Copyright vs Trademark 06:10 - Inside the 1983 Courtroom 08:37 - How Universal Claimed King Kong 11:37 - Universal’s Own Memos Backfire 15:21 - Nintendo’s Brilliant Legal Defense 18:54 - The Smoking Gun for Summary Judgment 20:30 - How Universal Scared Nintendo’s Partners 22:11 - Corporate Leverage and IP Bullying 23:44 - Judge Sweet Destroys Universal’s Case 26:18 - Why Nintendo’s Win Still Matters 27:45 - Universal and Nintendo, 40 Years Later 🤖 Circuit Breaker: #1 Weekly Tech Newsletter: https://geni.us/circuit 🎧 My Podcast - Geared Up: https://youtube.com/@GearedUp 💥 Join the TechSquad for bonuses: http://youtube.com/@Andru/join SUBSCRIBE to my channel for the latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Andru?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------­- JOIN THE TECHSQUAD, GET REWARDS: http://youtube.com/@Andru/join ------------------------------­--- CONNECT WITH ANDRU Newsletter: https://geni.us/circuit https://www.facebook.com/Andru http://x.com/andruedwards http://instagram.com/andru http://snapchat.com/add/drusoicy http://www.gearlive.com ------------------------------­--- VIDEO GEAR I USE camera: Panasonic Lumix S1H - https://geni.us/panasonics1h audio: Sennheiser MKE600 Shotgun Mic - http://geni.us/mke600 computer: Mac Studio - https://geni.us/macstudio1 MUSIC 60 Days Free Background Music from Epidemic Sound: https://geni.us/epidemc

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