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Firm ordered to pay $21 million after infringing controller patent

Nintendo has been found guilty of infringing on a patent while designing controllers for GameCube and Wii.

The hardware developer has been told to pay Texas-based gaming company Anascape $21 million, the Associated Press reports. The jury found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape’s patent during the design process for the Wii Classic, WaveBird and Gamecube pads.

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Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta said Nintendo will appeal to ‘significantly’ reduce the $21 million sum, and that the company is pleased no infringement was found with its motion-sensing technology used in the Wii Remote and Nunchuck.

Anascape also sued Microsoft for similar infringements, but reached an agreement before the start of its trial with Nintendo.

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“Nintendo rule”
Posted: May 15, 11:27am

Nintendo stealing other peoples ideas? Never.


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“Re: Nintendo rule”
Posted by: Dale - May 15, 12:09pm

@ last guy to post

i hope you realise that it is VERY hard not to infringe on a patent. Sony infringed on one for their dual shock rumble. Microsoft also infringed on one for their 360 controller and nintendo for the game cube controller.

I find it funny how you are targeting nintendo specificaly when sony and microsoft have made the same mistakes.


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“Re: Nintendo rule”
Posted: May 15, 12:27pm

Why bring MS and Sony into this? No one has said they haven't ever infringed on patents, you just made that assumption. F**k off, fanboy.


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“Re: Nintendo rule”
Posted: May 15, 2:22pm

Well done. Less than 3 hours for the use of the F-word. Funny how everyone is so highly strung around here and defensive of their preferred console. Get a life...


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“Re: Nintendo rule”
Posted: May 15, 2:23pm

F-word meaning fanboy for clarification...

The most overused word on the internet today.


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“Is that stolen, too?”
Posted by: Zed Zee - May 15, 2:47pm

"Nintendo...is pleased no infringement was found with its motion-sensing technology used in the Wii Remote and Nunchuck."

Why? Is that one stolen, too?!


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“Re: Is that stolen, too?”
Posted by: Matty - May 15, 4:43pm

Apparently the patent was filed in 2000, LONG AFTER the rumble add-on feature was sold for the N64 controller, so how can Nintendo be sued when they clearly had the idea before the patent was filed???
I rarely understand these cases anyway...


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“Re: Is that stolen, too?”
Posted by: Bluejonny - May 27, 3:43pm

NEWSFLASH:

Intellivision to sue Nintendo for Wii Graphics Infringement.
Sources suggest that games giant Intellivision were not best pleased with the apparent "copied" graphical abilities of the Wii. A spokesperson for Intellivision stated "We are investigating the possibility of suing Nintendo for making Wii graphics look the same as that of the Intellivision"

Colecovision are watching the developments.


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