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Texas court sides with Nintendo on Wii Remote patent, overturns previous jury verdict and $10m fine

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Back in 2017, Nintendo lost a court battle, where iLife Technologies took them to court, claiming that they originally had the patent for motion-sensing technology, and that the controllers used for the Nintendo Wii and Wii U both infringed upon them. Their patent was used for motion-sensing in the medical industry. iLife sought $144 million in damages, and after a jury deliberation, they were awarded a smaller sum of $10 million. Nintendo immediately filed for an appeal in court, and now, after two years, a verdict has been handed down. The federal courts in Dallas, Texas, have ruled that the patent was too vague and "impermissibly trying to cover the broad concept of using motion sensors to detect motion". With this ruling, the $10 million dollar fine against Nintendo has been thrown out, invalidating iLife's claims to the patent.

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Wuigi said:
Still fascinating nintendo got away with charging over 30$ for a few buttons, with a bad motion sensor and rumble motor and 15$ for an analog stick with a few buttons.
Bought bootleg wii remotes for 10$ and never looked back.
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Oh dear someone forgetting people at nintendo need to be paid and make profit so they can continue giving us great games
 
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Wuigi said:
Still fascinating nintendo got away with charging over 30$ for a few buttons, with a bad motion sensor and rumble motor and 15$ for an analog stick with a few buttons.
Bought bootleg wii remotes for 10$ and never looked back.
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Why do they charge $60 for a cheap disc with data on it? Or $300 for a big box of metal?
 
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A fair judgement I’d say, iirc the allegations were ridiculously broad. A case of, we use things to detect motion, so no one else (who’s making enough money to make it worthwhile suing) can.
 
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Wuigi said:
Still fascinating nintendo got away with charging over 30$ for a few buttons, with a bad motion sensor and rumble motor and 15$ for an analog stick with a few buttons.
Bought bootleg wii remotes for 10$ and never looked back.
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Generally you get what you pay for with controllers. The cheap ones tend to have worse/sticky buttons, break faster, be less responsive, or just not feel as good to use. The Wii Remote isn't exactly my favorite controller either, but there's a reason the "little brother gets the knockoff madcatz controller" memes exist.
 
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Generally you get what you pay for with controllers. The cheap ones tend to have worse/sticky buttons, break faster, be less responsive, or just not feel as good to use. The Wii Remote isn't exactly my favorite controller either, but there's a reason the "little brother gets the knockoff madcatz controller" memes exist.
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joycons are overpriced. they cost a ton and break from using them as they're intended
 
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