This is in line with two previous lawsuits filed by Nintendo, targeting hack resellers in May.
The company is looking for the courts to stop the seller, and award it $2,500 in damages for each infringement.
Because of the counterclaim, Amazon was required to relist the RCM Loader, unless Nintendo filed an infringement lawsuit. The RCM Loader (which is essentially a USB device that plugs into the Nintendo Switch) allows the user to play so-called “pirated” or unauthorized games.Īccording to the lawsuit, Nintendo sent a DMCA notice to the seller, to which a counterclaim was issued. It details Nintendo’s security systems, and how the RCM Loaders bypass those systems. In the lawsuit, Nintendo outlines what it calls a “serious, worsening international problem” with video game software piracy. The lawsuit was filed in a Seattle court on Wednesday, according to court documents obtained by Polygon. Nintendo’s lawyers allege the Amazon seller, Le Hoang Minh, circumvents Nintendo’s copyright measures in selling an RCM Loader, used to “jailbreak” the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo of America has filed a lawsuit against an Amazon Nintendo Switch hack reseller - the sort of litigation it’s taken on in similar cases in the past.