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Sony and Nintendo sued over wireless network tech

Posted Feb 24, 2009 at 7:06AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PSP, Nintendo DS Tags: lawsuits, Nintendo, patent, Sony, Texas

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These patent infringement lawsuits really are getting out of hand. This latest fiasco was started by Texas-based Wall Wireless LLC, who is suing Sony, Nintendo, and Nokia.

They claim that these three companies are infringing on their patent, named: "Method and Apparatus for Creating and Distributing Real-Time Interactive Media Content Through Wireless Communication Networks and the Internet."

The patent explains that the invention will "allow an operator to distribute messages having aural or visual content that is generated by the operator using handheld apparatuses such as mobile telephones."

Wall Wireless claims that the PSP and the DS, and several of Nokia's phones, are infringing on this genius of a patent. I'm wondering why they only chose to sue these three companies. Why stop there? Sue Apple for the iPhone. Sue every major electronics company. Sue the government. Sue my grandmother.

They filed for the patent back in 2001, which the US Patent Office issued in 2003. They sent a notice of the patent to the defendants "at least as early as October 2008," but they have yet to take a license. They further add that:

Unless a permanent injunction is issued enjoining Defendants from infringing the Â‘086 patent, Wall Wireless will be irreparably harmed.

As a result of DefendantsÂ’ infringement of the Â‘086 patent, Wall Wireless has suffered monetary damages that are compensable ... by no less than a reasonable royalty.

Sony recently lost a patent suit and was fined US$ 18.5 million for it. Nintendo also lost a patent suit over the Wiimote tech late last year, and was fined US$ 21 million. Coincidink? Strike while the iron is hot.

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It's because of the flawed copyright system that is in place. Basically I can just go up to a patent office and put a patent on the World and they would probably do it. Once it has been issued to me I can probably sue everyone in the world for living off my invention and I would probably win the case.

We need to change the copyright system because the way it is now its ridiculous. Anyone can go up and file a patent for a make believe thing, never work on it and once someone makes something that infringes on their patented idea they can sue them for royalties. This in my opinion inhibits the growth of new inventions because these people don't pursue to make their copyrighted product and no one else can pursue this ingenious idea they probably actually thought of themselves and want to pursue it. It's not like they went to a patent office and find out what's patented and is a good idea. If they want to pursue the invention of the idea that is patented then they would have to end up paying royalties to patent holder which most business would just look away because they could use their money to make more profit in another way.

Also clearly this did not affect them in anyway and as a company themselves, they are looking for easy money to ride out the recession. This is clearly shown by the lawsuit only being filed now and that the PSP, DS have been around for about 4 years and the Nokia has been around for ages.

In short TLDR: We need to change our copyright system to allow companies to make great inventions/ideas without getting sued for it.

Sorry for my essay. Just needed to rant on the stupidity of the copyright system.

# make new wifi — Hekynn 2009-02-24 12:47

Sony should make a new psp model with a better and newer of their design with N Draft in it same with PS3.

# ! — xXPedroMaxXx 2009-02-24 12:55

If companies keep making these "patents", then in the future no one is not gonna be able to invent something without getting into some trouble first...

# I hate.... — DJ PON-3 2009-02-24 13:10

I hate it when people do that. They patent and don't even share.

Something more important would be like a cotton gin.

# Sigh... — Puntymario 2009-02-24 13:36

Americans....... when will they start going to school?

# Such A Holes — mrallgood 2009-02-24 17:28

Sue...Sue...Sue!!! Americans are such A holes, it's pathetic. Sure I'm American myself, and proud of it for many reasons, but ashamed for so many others. Suing over some B Crap like that, come on people. Pretty soon, we'll just stop getting all this wonderful tech, because they will be afraid to sell it in the US, which I would not blame them (ie Sony, Nintendo, Nokia). At such time, Ill give up my citizenship and go live in Japan. Yeah, Tokyo... or maybe just on the outskirts. That'd be nice.

# LOL — ov3rkill 2009-02-24 17:33

pathetic lawsuit... -end

# Hell yeah — Navani 2009-02-24 18:47

I love how far we've come with lawsuits and all the fighting, yet there are still laws that ban blasphemy and we can let drunk drivers who kill our friends get 7 years in jail while the friend remains dead forever. America, ***** Yeah, coming again to save the mother *****ing day yeah

# im sure — xche78x 2009-02-25 00:20

tons of small time people already have patents ready for such inventions. and they sue sue sue anyone. for the sake of Compensation Money.

these people are sick, the leeches that destroys the harmonic balance of humankind and there is no way to purge these beings from the earth.

sad but true we have to live with these hungry greedy demonic beings.

# not just a set of race — xche78x 2009-02-25 00:24

every race has its own share of greedy bastards.

worst is that lots of these greedy bastards have positions in goverments too. sad cruel world aint it.

and they are even damaging our precious escape (videogames) from all the evils of the world.

# if you dont have a real product — xche78x 2009-02-25 00:28

you shouldnt be able to sue others with real innovative entertaining products.

and these greedy bastards dont have a gaming system with wireless, they should quit yapping.

# Although I mostly agree — Farnesworth 2009-02-25 05:34

that it's just a money grab there is another part of this that is important. You see, if you don't protect your patents, you will lose them. It's one of the stupid parts of the law. Use and Defend them or else. I doubt they have any choice, but of course, the money couldn't hurt.

# g — saldude2 2009-02-25 06:03

Galileo went to jail for telling that the sun is in the center of the solar system and not the other way around.

# STOP!! — saldude2 2009-02-25 06:11

Americans just like sueing and protesting. they've got nothing else to do.It's easy money for them.

Maybe sony is making more loss over here than on The PS3.

DAMN YOU STUPID SUIEEING COMPANIES!!!!

# ok sueing for stealing ideas — blizako 2009-02-25 07:57

well i think Sony and Nintendo could have possibly thought of this idea and not have stole it and why do the us want Japanese money.

# why do the us want Japanese money — SantoSatanico 2009-02-25 08:28

^^ cuz its probably worth more than ours

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