Nintendo Suffers $21M Patent Infringement Award

CowTipperGore writes "The AP reports (via Yahoo!) that Nintendo of America Inc. has been ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems. No stranger to lawsuits over controller designs, a Nintendo spokesman said the company will seek an appeal. The suit was originally filed in 2006 and included Microsoft. Microsoft's aggressive legal push back apparently helped as they reached a (confidential) settlement agreement before the case went to trial."

Suffering Succotash

[nuzak]

I'd like to "suffer" a $21 award.

Re:Suffering Succotash

[nuzak]

Actually a $21M award would be better. What a difference a letter makes.

Well...

[Kingrames]

At least they wiil appeal the ruling.

Re:Well...

[oahazmatt]

At least they wiil appeal the ruling.

Why bother? It'd be easier to auction off a few Wiis under assumed eBay accounts to make-up the difference.

Re:Well...

[powerlord]

At least they wiil appeal the ruling.

Why bother? It'd be easier to auction off a few Wiis under assumed eBay accounts to make-up the difference.

I can see it now:

When contacted for comment, Nintendo of America issued this press release:

"Wii would like to Pay"

and suggested interested parties should check new eBay auctions.

Re:Patentability

[OMNIpotusCOM]

Under this new logic, there's seemingly ENDLESS things you can use the Constitution to prove. I heard the founding fathers didn't want us to smoke... I think that's in the 9th Amendment too. Amazazing!