[GI] Nintendo wins Wii lawsuit

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Kuntz

Discussion Starter · Mar 17, 2009

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A patent infringement case brought by Fenner Investments Ltd against Nintendo relating to technology in its Wii and GameCube consoles has been summarily dismissed by a US District Court judge.

The patent affected was listed as number 6,297,751, which reads as follows:

"The joystick port interface includes an integrated circuit receiving an analogue joystick position measurement signal and outputting a digital pulse signal to a processor which signifies a joystick coordinate value. The integrated circuit includes a pulse generator and a bidirectional buffer circuit.

"The bidirectional buffer circuit receives the analog joystick position measurement signal and selectively discharges an RC network capacitor which provides this analogue measurement. This implementation provides a joystick port which uses low-voltage CMOS VLSI structures which can interface a conventional high-voltage joystick with the processor."

The judge ruled against the infringement, and also decided there would be no need for a jury trial.

"We are very pleased with the court's decision," said Rick Flamm, Nintendo of America's senior VP, Legal & General Counsel. "Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. We also vigorously defend patent lawsuits when we firmly believe that we have not infringed another party's patent, despite the risks that this policy entails. I would like to express our sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts of our legal team, which represented us so well."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ns-wii-lawsuit

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r34p3rex

· #2 · Mar 17, 2009

Judge: Does the defendant have anything to say?
Nintendo: Sir, do you have a Wii? We can hook you up.
Judge: Case dismissed.

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corky dorkelson

· #3 · Mar 17, 2009

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Originally Posted by r34p3rex

Judge: Does the defendant have anything to say?
Nintendo: Sir, do you have a Wii? We can hook you up.
Judge: Case dismissed.

I bet homeboy got like 10 Wiis for that.

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Drizzt5

· #4 · Mar 17, 2009

Wii's are so cheap now...

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Torched-Geek

· #5 · Mar 17, 2009

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Originally Posted by r34p3rex

Judge: Does the defendant have anything to say?
Nintendo: Sir, do your children have a Wii? They'll hate you if you cause problems for us.
Judge: Case dismissed.

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