arstechnica.com — Nintendo seems to be on a losing streak with its fight against patent-holder (and apparent one-man shop) Anascape. With Anascape's patents being so broad, without any actual products on the market, this is a case every one in the gaming industry needs to be watching.
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mrbiosJul 23, 2008
I though a patent was not even defensible unless the holder actually produced the item or had serious plans to do so. Anyone skilled in the art or computers could come up with Ninentendo's wii handheld controller. Honestly, how many people that work in technology looked at the wii and said wow that's an amazing invention, I never would have or could have thought of that.One of my customers trades stock and had wrist problems and uses one of those cordless motion mice - it works the exact same basically as the ninentendo wii - give me a break.
allahuakbarJul 23, 2008
Brad Armstrong is a f**king douche. Someone seriously needs to pull off an "Anonymous"-style attack on him.
coyote1284Jul 24, 2008
Quick someone notify the patent holder of "wireless pointer device", the mouse manufaturer and/or Nintendo "stole" his idea! Nevermind that either or both may operate differently from what is detailed in the patent, they're both "wireless pointer devices".
elranzerJul 24, 2008
Settling out of court is for pussies. Nintendo's got the money to call him out on his s**t in court.
andydumiJul 24, 2008
Some of his patents are from the 80s, some the 90s, and this one in particular is from 2002 and is a continuation of one of his patents. So its not that long ago. And he invents stuff and licenses it to other companies. MS, Sony decided to license his work Nintendo want to fight.
tiptepJul 26, 2008
f**k Anascape!All in favor of casterating Brad Armstrong with a hot dull knife, say 'aye!'...AYE!!
Closed AccountJul 26, 2008
US patent law is just so braindead. There'll be more and more of cases like these.But of course, let's not forget the biggest patent troll of them all... a certain company based in Redmond....
esc27Jul 28, 2008
Insert "die in a fire" comment here.
zonessAug 2, 2008
I've heard that this case was already lost. Is that true? I'm sure that if it was remotely true it would of been on Digg already and I would be ordering controllers from Canada.