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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[Deleted User]

wish they had been this active when bandai namco patented loading screen minigames.
they didn't become a staple of video games thanks to BN's stupidity

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amazing that he can type on a drawing tablet

 

[wiewiec]

Oh dear someone forgetting people at nintendo need to be paid and make profit so they can continue giving us great games

Hmm not really good games mostly ports of good games from their failed console

 

[Ciphray]

The patent they had should never have been granted to begin with

it was a patent on making use of data from a motion sensor to determine motion

someone at the company said "Hey look at that hard drive protecting fall detection in my laptop! lets patent that for nothing in particular!"

seems like jurors just like to be able to say "I just awarded someone millions of dollars"

 

[Rail Fighter]

wish they had been this active when bandai namco patented loading screen minigames.
they didn't become a staple of video games thanks to BN's stupidity

Wow, I didn't knew about that. Shitty mofos.

 

[HarveyHouston]

It's like Apple suing Samsung over the fact that the home button on their smartphones looks the same. Sheesh!

 

[Immortallix]

So uh... Can nintendo sell some brand new wiimotes in 2020 then?
At the very least could use some of those battery covers that have the sync button built in.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

These courts cases become silly everyday, why don't Nintendo just make a new game called "court battle"? It will be interesting, and then the court will fire a case against them.

Ok I'm going to sleep.

No worries, Capcom's already got your back

 

[|<roni&g]

Honestly, fuck nintendo.
Wish they had lost this case as punishment for charging users for online(not me I'm not stupid enough to pay em) and releasing port after port of old games we've already played. I'd rather see mario bros & kart on Xbox and playstation and do away with nintendo.

 

[DANTENDO]

Honestly, fuck nintendo.
Wish they had lost this case as punishment for charging users for online(not me I'm not stupid enough to pay em) and releasing port after port of old games we've already played. I'd rather see mario bros & kart on Xbox and playstation and do away with nintendo.

Lol calm down - I've just spent 20 bucks on a pizza and yr stressing out over 20 bucks a year

 

[Franciscop98]

Honestly, fuck nintendo.
Wish they had lost this case as punishment for charging users for online(not me I'm not stupid enough to pay em) and releasing port after port of old games we've already played. I'd rather see mario bros & kart on Xbox and playstation and do away with nintendo.

You're mad at Nintendo for charging 20 bucks a month, and right after, you support Sonny and Microsoft who literally charge three times as much for their online. Nice logic there, buddy.

 

[|<roni&g]

You're mad at Nintendo for charging 20 bucks a month, and right after, you support Sonny and Microsoft who literally charge three times as much for their online. Nice logic there, buddy.

Yes but Xbox is much more worth it. Consoles should have free online like PC has but at least you get something when paying for Xbox live, you get 4 games a month and not worthless SNES games. On a Nintendo console you're supposed to be able to turn it on and go straight online, no bs signing up, entering codes n all that shit. You're arguing against you're own pocket, think they call it a fanboy.

 

[banjo2]

you get 4 games a month and not worthless SNES games.

I guess one man's trash is another man's treasure

 

[|<roni&g]

I guess one man's trash is another man's treasure

Not saying they're trash but they have very little value, lets be honest