nintendo sued over wii-mote

drunk · December 17, 2006, 08:39:20 PM

lol
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Games_And_Devices/Accessories?Article=/Games%20And%20Devices/Accessories/D3M6V5B8

Gleasonator · December 17, 2006, 09:54:36 PM

Yeah I've heard about that. Nintendo will probably win.

Hi · December 19, 2006, 11:30:49 AM

hmm... What makes you say that?

I usually take a very strong opinion on matters, but this is one of those times I really have no Idea who is right.

gamesphere · December 19, 2006, 11:41:33 AM

This ver old news due that it was brought up like a week ago...

Interlink will lose....

Hi · December 19, 2006, 12:06:12 PM

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT INTERLINK WILL LOUSE??? :? \

Do you have a reason behind it?

Hanafuda · December 19, 2006, 12:28:15 PM

their "innovation" is insufficiently novel to constitute a winner. As the article notes, Nintendo already had a trigger button in that position on the middle prong of its N64 controller 10 years ago. (the Z button) Do I smell countersuit?

DeVS · December 19, 2006, 12:31:57 PM

N will win, they had a trigger on the N64 as it was pointed out. They wont take the time to counter sue and expect more lawsuits, every is gonna want a part of Nintendo's big Wii pie.

Hi · December 19, 2006, 12:53:49 PM

Ha! I love counter sue. It's like

"I want you to give me money because blahblahblah. :evil: "

"Blahblahblah? Oh really. Now that you mention it, you should give me money because blahbabadyblahblah. Thanks for mentioning blahblahblah!

"

"Oh no!!! grrr! :x "
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and here's me:
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Altor · December 19, 2006, 01:18:48 PM

The basis for Nintendo's alleged infringement is:

Interlink's "loss of reasonable royalties, reduced sales and/or lost profits as a result of the infringing activities."

How could Inerlink lose royalties or sales as a result of Nintendo having a button on the bottom of their controller? It's completely baseless.

Hi · December 21, 2006, 03:47:51 PM

VERY good point.

Koji · December 22, 2006, 12:33:25 AM

Altor: I was thinking the same thing when I originally read it. I don't think they'll be able to prove that they've lost sales or profits since they weren't in any way competing with nintendo with their system. The only substantial claim then would be the reasonable royalties, but that doesn't hold water as Nintendo has a history of having similar button configurations on their past controllers.

Hi · December 22, 2006, 08:30:23 AM

Which is why nintendo can probably countersue.

I just hope they don't loose. I know It's unlikly, but If nintendo starts loosing a substantial amount of money for any reason, I'm probably going to start feeling guilty about me pirating nds games. I mean, the only reason I do it is because I think "Nintendo makes tons of money, they really don't need more." but If that stops happening... I'm in trouble.

Koji · December 22, 2006, 03:03:47 PM

That's really the wrong attitude to have anyways...

I still buy really good DS games, I just don't like paying $40 for a game I'll only play 30 minutes before getting bored. Plus homebrew = love.

Hi · June 20, 2007, 12:06:53 PM

Now the wii has gotten Nintendo is being sued again!

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/story.php?sid=6172456&part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6172456&page=0#comments

How many times is the wii going to get Nintendo sued? Even when a company wins a lawsuit, they still have spent $$ on expensive layers, so any lawsuit is hurtful.

Devil_Spawn · June 20, 2007, 04:34:35 PM

everybody wants some o nintendos cash -_-