Nintendo gets a break: judge dismisses patent-infringement lawsuit

Posted Mar 17, 2009 at 10:05AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: Fenner Investments, Microsoft, Nintendo, patent, Sony
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NINTENDO PREVAILS IN WII PATENT LAWSUIT - Image 1Way, way back in 2007, Fenner Investments filed a lawsuit against Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo for a patent on tech described as "low-voltage joystick port interface."

The judge is back with a verdict, dismissing the lawsuit against Nintendo saying that were was no need for a jury trial. It's about time Nintendo actually won in court over a patent infringement lawsuit.

The case against Nintendo in particular was over the Wii and GameCube controllers, something that seemed to become a trend over time. Since then, two other companies (to my knowledge at least, there may be more) had sued Nintendo over their controllers. One of them actually won and was awarded US$ 21 million.

 
 
 

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by xche78x - 2009-03-19 05:27:45
everyone who sues and loses

should be slapped with big fines. so people will learn not to sue unless they are positively sure they have been infringed.

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