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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.

Nintendo Loses $21 Million Patent Lawsuit

Nintendo has been told that it must pay $21 million to Anascape Ltd after infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its GameCube and Wii consoles.

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.

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).

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 Loses Patent Lawsuit

Nintendo of America was hit with a judgment for $21 million in a patent-infringement case brought by a company that claims to be a small Texas game developer. A U.S. District Court jury found that Nintendo's designs for its Wii, WaveBird and GameCube controllers infringed on patents held by Anascape Ltd.

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 ordered to pay US$21 million to Tyler

LUFKIN, Texas -- Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company US$21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems. A federal jury found in favor of Anascape Ltd. in the lawsuit that was originally filed in 2006. Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta said the company will seek an appeal and expects the court to reduce the award "significantly."

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.

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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.

News: Nintendo Sued $21 Million For Infringement

It’s funny how things come back to bite you in the ass. Spending money you don’t have, for example, only then having to move into a cardboard box. But enough about us! Nintendo has just has a lawsuit filed in 2006 come back to get it, costing the company $21 million in patent infringement charges.

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