Nintendo Wins Two Lawsuits
It looks as if the Wii Fit Trainer earned her first victory early.
IA Labs claimed that the technology used in the Wii Balance Board infringed on their intellectual property (U.S. Patent No. 7,121,982) . After losing its initial case, IA Labs appealed the decision. That course of action turned out to be costly, as The Court of Appeals upheld the original ruling–and forced IA Labs to cover Nintendo’s $236,000 legal bill.
A second court battle came to and end last week as Nintendo won a patent infringement lawsuit filed against them by Triton Tech, who claimed their acceler0meter tech was the same found in the WiiMote Plus controllers and Wii Motion Plus accessories.
After the victory in court, Richard Medway, Nintendo’s deputy general counsel said, “”Nintendo’s track record demonstrates that we vigorously defend patent lawsuits, like the Triton lawsuit, when we believe that we have not infringed another party’s patent. Consumers respect Nintendo because we develop unique and innovative products, and because we respect the intellectual property rights of others.”
