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Nintendo Sued for Patent Infringement

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December 8, 2006 - In a surprising turn of events, Nintendo is already the target of litigious action concerning its newly released Wii console. California-based Interlink electronics has filed a complaint against Nintendo for what it has deemed to be a case of copyright infringement over the pointing functionalities of the Wiimote.

Gaming blog Kotaku has obtained a court filing, issued by the US District Court of Delaware, which accuses Nintendo of infringing on a patent filed previously by Interlink Electronics. The court filing claims that Interlink Electronics has suffered "loss of reasonable royalties, reduced sales and/or lost profits as a result of the infringing activities of" Nintendo.



The claim refers to a patent filed in February, 2005 which refers to a device titled "Trigger Operated Electronic Device." The patent describes the advice as a "trigger operated device in the nature of a pointing device for use with an electronic system such as a computer." The patent continues to describe a device which, on the surface, sounds an awful like the Wii's controller.

The complaint demands that Nintendo be enjoined and restrained from further infringing on the patent, presumably by taking the Wii off the market. Furthermore, the filing demands that the court order Nintendo to pay Interlink three times the assessed damages, including prejudgment interests and attorney fees. Additionally, the plaintiff is demanding a jury trial of any and all issues pertaining to the case.

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The complaint demands that Nintendo be enjoined and restrained from further infringing on the patent, presumably by taking the Wii off the market

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Thing is, it happened with the rumble and Microsoft/Nintendo settled.. now every company knows that if Nintendo used something that might infringe their copyright, they're pretty much guaranteed a succesful suit, if it even gets that far. As much as I dislike Sony's gaming division, they probably had the right idea when they refused to settle for the rumble and just said "fine, we'll take it out".

Seriously, rumble is pretty much always shit anyway.

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So far with Zelda I like the rumble:

-While fishing
-When using the hawk/eagle/falcon/whatever it is
-Taking non-sexual damage.

Can't immediately recall if it has as much use with Wii sports. :|