What seems like an age ago, we heard of a company called Anascape suing Nintendo for $21M related to patent issues. Judging by a new press release though, Nintendo appealed the decision and have now come out on top.
Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that none of Nintendo's video game controllers infringe on a patent asserted by Anascape Ltd.
Nintendo had been accused by Anascape Ltd of infringing on US Patent Number 6906700. The case was tried before a jury in the Eastern District of Texas in May 2008. The jury found that neither the motion-sensing Wiimote nor the Nunchuk controller infringes on the patent. However, the jury found that the Classic Controller for the Wii console and the WaveBird and standard controllers for Nintendo GameCube did infringe on the patent. Today's decision however, completely reversed the jury's findings of infringement.
Nintendo of America General Counsel Rick Flamm: "Today the Federal Circuit's ruling confirmed that none of Nintendo's controllers infringe. We appreciate that our position has been vindicated."
Good news for Big N there.
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