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McKool Smith Announces $21 Million Texas Verdict Against Nintendo in Game Controller Patent Infringement Lawsuit

LUFKIN, Texas, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $21 million patent infringement verdict in favor of Tyler, Texas-based Anascape Ltd. against Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo of America Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Nintendo Co. Ltd. (NTDO.Y).

McKool Smith Announces $21 Million Texas Verdict Against Nintendo in Game Controller Patent Infringement Lawsuit

concludes nearly two years of litigation over a series of protected Anascape patents related to video game controllers. The jury's verdict followed two weeks of trial before the Hon.

Nintendo Loses Patent Suit In East Texas, Of Course

The latest in a long line of patent lawsuits in every patent hoarders favorite district of East Texas involves the game controllers used by Nintendo. A company holds a patent on a 3D controller and sued Nintendo (and Microsoft) for supposedly violating the patent. Not surprisingly, the jury found in favor of the patent holder. Juries quite often side with the patent holder, no matter how questionable the patent may be. In this case, there would seem to be a ton of prior art raising validity questions. The patent itself was filed in November of 2000, at which point there were already numerous game controllers that seem to meet most of the criteria outlined in the claims. Whatever minor differences there may have been between what was on the market and what's in the claims should be seen as an obvious iteration of game controllers.

Texas Jury Awards $250 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Boston Scientific in Balloon Catheter Lawsuit

MARSHALL, Texas, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division has issued a verdict in favor of Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) against Natick, Mass.-based Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) and one of its subsidiaries following a patent infringement lawsuit involving a series of Medtronic dilation and balloon catheters used in the surgical treatment of heart disease.

Tiny game controller company wrests $21 M from giant Nintendo

In 2006, Texas game controller company Anascape filed patent infringement suits against both Nintendo and Microsoft. On Wednesday, Nintendo was ordered to pay $21 million to the company.

Nintendo Loses Controller Patent Lawsuit

kryogen1x alerts us to coverage at 1up indicating that Nintendo controller may soon become scarce — Nintendo lost in court to Anascape over analog sticks in their Wii and GameCube controllers.This isn't the first time the big manufacturers have been targeted in lawsuits involving features in their controllers. From the article: "The lawsuit concerns the analog sticks in the Classic Controller and GameCube controllers, which Texas-based Anascape Ltd. claims to hold a patent on that Nintendo violated. The court has ruled in favor of Anascape, and US District Judge Ron Clark has rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial. As a result, Clark said he will put a ban on the sale of the controllers (which includes sales of GameCube systems) starting tomorrow, July 23, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account.

NICE Updates on Patent Infringement Litigation Brought Against Verint; Court Reaffirms...

NICE Updates on Patent Infringement Litigation Brought Against Verint; Court Reaffirms Validity of NICE's Patent RA'ANANA, Israel, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) announced today that in a patent infringement case brought against Verint Americas, Inc. (formerly Witness Systems, Inc.) in the Federal District Court for Northern Georgia in Atlanta, the court found that certain Witness products, which were named in this case, do not infringe NICE's VoIP patent 6871229. NICE intends to appeal this decision. The court rejected Verint's claims challenging the validity of NICE's patent and reaffirmed its validity. The US Patent Office has also, prior to the trial, denied Verint's request for re-examination of the same patent.

EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court of New York against the 3M Company ("3M"). The complaint alleges that 3M has infringed upon a U.S. Patent through the marketing and sale of the 3M Wafer Support System, which is used in the production of silicon wafers. The complaint seeks damages to compensate EVG for 3M's wrongful infringement and an injunction against 3M from all future infringement of the Patent.

EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court of New York against the 3M Company ("3M"). The complaint alleges that 3M has infringed upon a U.S. Patent through the marketing and sale of the 3M Wafer Support System, which is used in the production of silicon wafers. The complaint seeks damages to compensate EVG for 3M's wrongful infringement and an injunction against 3M from all future infringement of the Patent.

EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court of New York against the 3M Company ("3M"). The complaint alleges that 3M has infringed upon a U.S. Patent through the marketing and sale of the 3M Wafer Support System, which is used in the production of silicon wafers. The complaint seeks damages to compensate EVG for 3M's wrongful infringement and an injunction against 3M from all future infringement of the Patent.

EV Group Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against the 3M Company

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal court of New York against the 3M Company ("3M"). The complaint alleges that 3M has infringed upon a U.S. Patent through the marketing and sale of the 3M Wafer Support System, which is used in the production of silicon wafers. The complaint seeks damages to compensate EVG for 3M's wrongful infringement and an injunction against 3M from all future infringement of the Patent.

eTool Announces Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against National Semiconductor

eTool Development, Inc. and eTool Patent Holdings Corp. announced that they have filed an action for patent infringement against National Semiconductor Corp. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division.

Nintendo Loses Patent Infringement Case Of $21 Million To Anascape

Nintendo has run into some trouble as Anascape has accused and won a lawsuit against Nintendo for infringements on several controllers created for the Nintendo and Gamecube. The Claim is that the Wavebird wireless pad, the Wii Classic add-on, and several others are the sources of infringement that are held by Anascape.

Nintendo can't fight off patent metroids, faces injunction

It seems that gaming controllers are the hot target for patent lawsuits, and patent holders are finding litigation a sound strategy. After Sony lost its case against Immersion and, along with Microsoft, coughed up a hefty sum of money, as well as also licensing the technology for use in the Dual Shock 3 controller, the other sharks had to have smelled the blood in the water. In August of last year a company called Anascape brought suit against Nintendo and Microsoft, claiming the companies violated an array of patents. While Microsoft settled the case for an undisclosed amount, Nintendo pressed on and the jury awarded Anascape $21 million in damages last year. The judge has now refused to grant Nintendo a new trial, threatening to halt sales of GameCube controllers, Wavebirds, and Wii Classic controllers until Nintendo puts the money in e

Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement

LUFKIN, Texas (AP) - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.

Texas Jury Awards $250 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Boston Scientific in Balloon Catheter Lawsuit

based Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) and one of its subsidiaries following a patent infringement lawsuit involving a series of Medtronic dilation and balloon catheters used in the surgical treatment of heart disease.

Several Nintendo Controllers may be Banned

Nintendo may soon have to halt sales of its Wii Classic Controller, GameCube WaveBird, and the standard GameCube controller. A suit was brought against Nintendo by Anascape for violating its patent for a "six degrees of freedom interface device." Sony has been licensing the technology since 2004 and Microsoft settled out of court. Nintendo, however, decided to go to trial, and the judge ruled that Nintendo was indeed in violation of the patent and not only owes $21 million, but may also have to halt sales of the three aforementioned controllers. Nintendo has appealed the ruling, so for now, they can continue to sell the controllers. However, if you've been considering purchasing one, you may want to do so sooner rather than later.

Allergan To Drop Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Jan Marini Skin Research

July 21, 2008 (FinancialWire) Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN), which makes Botox and breast implants, said that it will drop a patent-infringement lawsuit against Jan Marini Skin Research after that company agreed to stop making certain types of eyelash conditioning products. Jan Marini is one of several defendants in a patent-infringement case in the U.S District Court for the Central District of California. The dismissal is based on Jan Marini acknowledgment of the validity of Allergan's relevant patents covering the use of certain drugs that promote eyelash enhancement. The company also said it would stop selling products containing the ingredients in question. Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $52.16 on Friday. FinancialWire is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service of Investrend Information (a division of Investrend

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