Nintendo court loss shows patent system at its worst
Here’s another case that shows what’s wrong with the patent system. Nintendo of America has been ordered to pay $21 million to a small East Texas game company for infringing on a patent related to game controller design.
A federal jury found in favor of Anascape Ltd. Nintendo said it expects the award to be reduced significantly. The jury found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape’s patent while designing the Wii Classic, Wavebird, and GameCube controllers. (Wii… Continue Reading