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Although Apple patents are not exactly rare, one that would bring an element of physical control to smartphone gaming is certainly worth paying attention to. As spotted by Forbes, Apple’s ‘multi-function input device’ sees an iPhone’s home button magically pop out of the device’s casing to become a mini-joystick. Some …
Read More »Nintendo loses out to Philips in patent lawsuit
Having enjoyed lots of success in the courts in recent years, Nintendo has now lost a major patent battle with Philips. Bloomberg reports that Judge Colin Birss said a Nintendo unit infringed two Philips patents in a ruling today”, although it was cleared of a third violation. Added Birss: The …
Read More »Wii U Music looks like it might be on the way
One of Nintendo’s less successful IPs could very well be on track for a Wii U resurrection. Patents unearthed by NeoGAF look very much like Wii U Music and show how a player can assume the role of several musicians within a composition. Specifically the documents outline a method via …
Read More »Nintendo wins DS patent challenge
An attempt by a Texas company to sting Nintendo for an alleged patent infringement with its DS design has been dismissed. CVG reports that in 2009 Wall Wireless LLC tried to sue Nintendo regarding one of is wireless communication technology patents. However, some five years later both the Japanese Patent …
Read More »Philips is trying to halt Wii U and Wii sales in the US
Electronics firm Philips has asked the Delaware courts to force Nintendo to stop selling Wii U in the US. The demand is part of a lawsuit, as reported by Game Informer, in which Philips is claiming that Nintendo’s console and some of its accessories have infringed two of its motion …
Read More »King reaches out to defend ‘Candy’ trademark drive
Candy Crush Saga make King is reaching out to the press to clarify its attempt to trademark the word ‘candy’. It was revealed this morning that the company has received approval from the US Patent and Trademark Office over the trademarking of the term and that if it is successful …
Read More »Amazon wants to ship you products BEFORE you order them
Online retailer Amazon is planning to ship orders to customers before they have even pressed the ‘buy’ button’. Wall Street Journal reports that the company has applied to patent for a method called anticipatory shipping”, the function of which is to minimise the wait between ordering and receiving to such …
Read More »New Sony patent tackles cloud-based emulation
Could 2014 be the year that streamed PS3 games arrive on PS4? A new Sony patent entitled ‘Suspending State of Cloud-Based Legacy Applications’ spotted by IGN that was filed in 2012 but published yesterday details the process of introducing new content” into classic games that are being streamed from the …
Read More »HTC One Mini banned in the UK
Retailers will not be permitted to sell the HTC One Mini smartphone as of this Friday (Dec 6th) in the UK. Nokia has triumphed in a patent dispute with rival HTC, ruling that the handset infringes some Nokia-owned patents. HTC had tried to argue that Nokia was not one of …
Read More »New Xbox Glasses patent discovered
Fresh evidence suggests that Microsoft is indeed planning to release some sort of head-mounted display for Xbox One. A patent called ‘Multiplayer gaming with head-mounted display’ has been spotted by Engadget. The tech combines facial recognition, eye-tracking and depth analysis along with voice recognition and activation. Much of the patent …
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