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Nintendo sued over Wii patents

article published on 9 September, 2011

Nintendo is having a really bad year. This week, ThinkOptical has filed a lawsuit against the gaming company, claiming the Wii console infringes on patents they own. ThinkOptical are the creators of the Wavit Remote. Nintendo is accused of infringing on three patents, including one for ?Electronic Equipment for Handheld Vision Based Absolute Pointing System.? ThinkOptical is demanding ... [ read the full article ]

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hastypete
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_ 		9. September 2011 @ 14:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Patent trolls should all go to #$$%%.
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POGK
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_ 		9. September 2011 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This only comes out now because for the last 7 years the Wii has lived in relative obscurity and flown under the RADAR and out of sight from the general population.
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DVDBack23
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_ 		9. September 2011 @ 15:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by POGK:
 This only comes out now because for the last 7 years the Wii has lived in relative obscurity and flown under the RADAR and out of sight from the general population.
Haha exactly, these trolls came out after Nintendo made a cool $1 billion.
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xaznboitx
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_ 		9. September 2011 @ 17:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
and why isn't sony on the list as well?

in fact, sony came up with it first, the eye toy for ps2 just without the controller
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