Nintendo sued over possible Wii Remote copyright infringement

zekrahminator · Dec 12, 2006

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.

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Azn Tr14dZ · Dec 12, 2006

Wow, ban the Wii remote?!? That would be horrible if Nintendo loses to Interlink...

petepete · Dec 12, 2006

interlink ftw!!

PVTCaboose1337 · Dec 12, 2006

They won't...

Azn Tr14dZ · Dec 12, 2006

petepete said:
interlink ftw!!

Why do you say that?

muon · Dec 12, 2006

If it comes to the worst, they will simply work out some royalty scheme.

jocksteeluk · Dec 12, 2006

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

OnBoard · Dec 12, 2006

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..

lemonadesoda · Dec 12, 2006

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.

Yin · Dec 12, 2006

thats dumb, the trigger thingy was on N64 and that was way before 2005

WarEagleAU · Dec 12, 2006

What the hell does FTW stand for? Fear the world?

DaMulta · Dec 12, 2006

&#@^% the world

Batou1986 · Dec 12, 2006

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

Azn Tr14dZ · Dec 12, 2006

WarEagleAU said:
What the hell does FTW stand for? Fear the world?

There are different meanings...%^$* the world, For the win...

WarEagleAU · Dec 12, 2006

Alright, thanks AZN, I wasnt sure...makes sense now though.

Dippyskoodlez · Dec 12, 2006

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.

tkpenalty · Dec 12, 2006

*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??

DaJMasta · Dec 12, 2006

The trigger is on every game controller since n64.

This is dumb, frivolous lawsuits ftl.

Athlon2K15 · Dec 12, 2006

i womder when someone will sue because someone has patented the start button........

tkpenalty · Dec 12, 2006

AthlonX2 said:
i 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)

evil bill · Dec 12, 2006

AthlonX2 said:
i womder when someone will sue because someone has patented the start button........

I said that in 2005, so now Im gonna sue YOU :laugh:

Bull Dog · Dec 12, 2006

Interlink

do us all a favor

DIF

mout12 · Dec 13, 2006

Someone should sue Dippyskoodles for being a fag. WOOOOT

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