Nintendo Defeats and Assumes Control of 'Patent Troll's' Portfolio After Victory 87
the simurgh sends this news from Gamespot:
"Nintendo has acquired the entire patent portfolio of now-defunct IA Labs following its victory in court, the Japanese gaming giant has announced. Nintendo obtained the patents during a sheriff's sale in Montgomery County, Maryland on Tuesday. IA Labs originally sued Nintendo for patent infringement in 2010, claiming the Mario maker's Wii controller and Wii Fit technology infringed on two separate IA Labs patents. Nintendo successfully defended itself as part of a court battle in 2012, also winning various fees related to the case. IA Labs appealed the ruling, but an appellate court sided with Nintendo in June 2013. At this point, IA Labs was ordered to pay Nintendo additional fees, and when the company failed to do so, a sheriff's sale was commenced."
not exactly a troll. IA made similar, met Nintendo (Score:5, Informative)
IA labs made actual products similar to wii-fit and met with Nintendo to discuss making Wii accessories using their technology at about the time the 3DS was to be released. IA then found out that Nintendo made the accessories themselves, apparently "stealing the ideas" that IA presented to them. So that's not what we'd normally call a patent troll.
It turns out that Nintendo had been developing the products before meeting with IA, and the court ruled that Nintendo didn't infringe the IA patents, so IA lost. It appears to me that IA was a bit too aggressive in defending their patents, but they didn't engage in the pattern of behavior normally associated with a troll.
Re: not exactly a troll. IA made similar, met Nint (Score:5, Informative)
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Don't worry, Nintendo is doomed. They will soon be collapse under the weight of their constant failures
Here's a list of their failures clustered at the top of the "best selling console" list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles [wikipedia.org]
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Um, so you mean that, in the latest generation, selling 4.3 million versus Sony's 4.2 million and Microsoft's 3 million puts Nintendo in third place? Protip: they are only 3rd when you sort by date because the Wii U was released before the other 2 consoles.