# John Kirby

> John Joseph Kirby Jr. was an American attorney. He was most notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character Donkey Kong in 1984, from which Nintendo subsequently named the character Kirby to honor him.

*American lawyer (1939-2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-kirby

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Lawyer
- **Category:** Lawyers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1939-10-22
- **Died:** 2019-10-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 10.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #161

## Sources
- [约翰·卡比](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%AF%94)
- [جون كيربى (محامى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89))
- [John Kirby](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby)
- [John Kirby (attorney)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(attorney))
- [John Kirby (abogado)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(abogado))
- [John Kirby (avocat)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(avocat))
- [John Kirby](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby)
- [ジョン・カービィ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A3)
- [존 커비 (변호사)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%BB%A4%EB%B9%84_(%EB%B3%80%ED%98%B8%EC%82%AC))
- [John J. Kirby Jr.](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Kirby_Jr.)
- [Кёрби, Джон (адвокат)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82))
- [John Kirby (lawyer)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(lawyer))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243189)

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