by Courtney Tuchman
Once again, Nintendo has triumphed against another patent case. Texas’ UltimatePointer LLC filed a lawsuit against Nintendo back in 2011over the Nintendo Wiimote.
UltimatePointer claimed that its patent was copied by Nintendo: “Easily Deployable Interactive Direct-Pointing System and Presentation Control System and Calibration Method Therefor.”
Judge Robert S. Lasnik ruled in the Seattle federal court that the Wiimote does not infringe on UltimatePointer’s patent, stating that the claims were void.
Richard Medway, the Vice President of Nintendo of America and Deputy General Counsel, spoke about the court’s decision:
“We are very pleased with these decisions, which confirmed Nintendo's position from the beginning – we do not, nor have we ever, infringed these patents. The result in this case, once again, demonstrates that Nintendo will continue to vigorously defend its innovations against patent lawsuits, even if it must do so in multiple courts and commit significant resources to defend itself. Nintendo continues to support reform efforts to reduce the unnecessary and inefficient burden patent cases like this one place on technology companies in the United States.”UltimatePointer’s case is just one of many patent cases that have been filed against Nintendo. Most recently, Philips, an electronics company, won a Nintendo patent case in the UK. The allegations considered Nintendo’s use of camera and motion-sensor technology in the Wii and Wii U. Nintendo is planning on appealing the UK court’s decision. Philips has also filed the same case in the United States.
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Source: Joystiq
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