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Nintendo waggles out of Wii patent lawsuit
Fenner Investments Ltd filed suit against all of the current games console manufacturers a while back, aimed at each console's supposed infringement on its patent for "a low-voltage joystick port interface." Nintendo's case was dismissed by Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas on Monday. Nintendo, as you can imagine, was quite pleased, with the company's senior VP and legal counsel, Rick Flamm, on-hand for the verdict. "Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others," he said, elaborating that Nintendo has no problem fighting these kinds of suits when it believes the company has not "infringed another party's patent." Oh yeah, Nintendo? Well, how do you explain the Virtual Boy? It's obviously a complete rip-off of submarine periscope technology.
Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony sued for controller patent infringement [update 1]
Fenner Investments has filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, alleging that the 'Big Three' have violated its patent for a "low-voltage joystick port interface." The patent was filed in 1998 (granted in 2001), and Fenner is now seeking compensation for damages it claims to have incurred as a result of the violations.Ars Technica did some digging and discovered that Fenner filed a pair of similar lawsuits in the past against several other large companies. Both suits were settled out of court, with one source citing a "favorable result" for Fenner. Can Fenner keep its hot streak going? It could be years before we know that answer.[Thanks, Kiel]Update: This story is a duplicate of an earlier post. We apologize for the error. The author has since been subjected to Full House reruns.
