Monday, December 11th 2006

Nintendo sued over possible Wii Remote copyright infringement

California based Interlink Electronics is suing Nintendo for some parts of the Wii Remote that Interlink claims they have already patented. In patent #6,850,221, which was granted in February 2005, Interlink patented a "trigger-operated electronic device", which is only one aspect of the Wii Remote. Interlink is also claiming that the Wii's pointer functionality is infringing copyrights. Interlink wants a trial by jury, and if it wins, they want damage compensation and a ban on the allegedly infringing products.
Source: The Register
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22 Comments on Nintendo sued over possible Wii Remote copyright infringement

#1
Azn Tr14dZ
Wow, ban the Wii remote?!? That would be horrible if Nintendo loses to Interlink...
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#4
Azn Tr14dZ
petepeteinterlink ftw!!
Why do you say that?
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#5
ghost101
If it comes to the worst, they will simply work out some royalty scheme.
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#6
jocksteeluk
Trial by Jury? well atleast they didnt wat a year before lodging this claim but a trial by jury is a stupid notion or something s technical as aledged patent infringement
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#7
OnBoard
Isn't it funny how these come out when the company is rich or is doing good on a product. Not like there haven't been pictures of the Wiimote for ages and they didn't say anything then. People should be allowed to sue people for sueing just to make money or some common sense to law. Peeps are even patenting things just so anyone else can make anything similar, even if they aren't evergoing to use their patent.

Yes it's fine for Sony to sue Nintendo if they made a WiiStation that uses WiiRay discs and is bundeld with WiiTurismo, but this is stupid, hope they (interlink) lose..
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#8
lemonadesoda
Trial by jury means that they know they dont have a case w.r.t patent law... and are hoping for the "odds" of persuading the jury that they are a little old company run by a mom and pop and are being STOLEN from by a big foreign megacompany.... and they hope the jury will fall for it.

"they want to ban the controller"... I dont think so. They just want a big claim and big royalties.

I hope Nintendo has the balls to countersue for malicious intent... sue them for every last penny PLUS one dollar... to make sure they and their shareholders are put out of business.
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#9
Yin
thats dumb, the trigger thingy was on N64 and that was way before 2005
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#10
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
What the hell does FTW stand for? Fear the world?
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#11
DaMulta
My stars went supernova
&#@^% the world
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#12
Batou1986
i find it amazing that all these company's wait till the product is released and successfully before starting shit basically just proving the point they want money if it was such a big deal they would have contacted Nintendo before they released the wii to work out the problem not after when they think they can make some money and seriously how can u patten a rectangle with a trigger
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#13
Azn Tr14dZ
WarEagleAUWhat the hell does FTW stand for? Fear the world?
There are different meanings...%^$* the world, For the win...
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#14
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Alright, thanks AZN, I wasnt sure...makes sense now though.
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#15
Dippyskoodlez
They screwed themselves by wanting a ban.

They'll never get a ban on a product thats not damaging to people, and already sold several million of.

Letalone the fact they never said anything about it til now.

GG.
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#16
tkpenalty
*coughs*, uh... yeh, interlink probably has connections with sony or some shit. They will get pwned, interlink will obviously lose because its such an old technology. Trigger operated controller??? Wtf??
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#17
DaJMasta
The trigger is on every game controller since n64.


This is dumb, frivolous lawsuits ftl.
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#18
Athlon2K15
HyperVtX™
i womder when someone will sue because someone has patented the start button........
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#19
tkpenalty
AthlonX2i womder when someone will sue because someone has patented the start button........
Very soon, (Again, i must repeat, interlink has connections with the sonyfia; sony mafia)
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#20
evil bill
AthlonX2i womder when someone will sue because someone has patented the start button........
I said that in 2005, so now Im gonna sue YOU :laugh:
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#21
Bull Dog
Interlink

do us all a favor

DIF
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#22
mout12
Someone should sue Dippyskoodles for being a fag. WOOOOT
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