According to a new report from Polygon, Nintendo and Amazon have won their joint lawsuit against two counterfeit amiibo sellers that was filed all the way back in October 2023. You can read the long and short of it from our previous coverage, but the decision came after both companies asked the courts in February of 2025 to render a default judgment in the case.
The two resellers had initially failed to respond to the lawsuit and as a result, Nintendo and Amazon sought more than $7 million in recompense. Seattle district judge Marsha J. Pechman agreed and has awarded The Big N the requested amount. Along with the dramatic payment to Nintendo, both resellers have now been ordered to cease selling their counterfeit products on Amazon. As you would imagine from the initial lawsuit, Amazon has suspended the sellers’ accounts since 2023.
Back in the initial complaint filed by the two companies, Nintendo’s lawyers wrote, “Nintendo utilizes both internal and external resources to combat counterfeit and infringing products. Nintendo works with a third-party brand protection service vendor on the detection and removal of product listings violating Nintendo’s IP rights that are identified and sold in Amazon’s stores. Nintendo works regularly and collaboratively with Amazon to identify counterfeit Nintendo products and to strengthen automated detection and removal of the products from Amazon’s stores.”
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Written by Peter Glagowski
Peter has been a freelance gaming and film critic for over seven years. His passion for Nintendo is only matched by the size of his collection.
