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18 Dec, 2008 4:41 am
... Nyko first used its mark in May 2008. Nyko counterclaimed for a declaration of noninfringement. The parties had motions pending at the time they settled. Nintendo had moved for a preliminary injunction. Nyko had moved for summary judgment dismissing Nintendo's claims
for lack of standing. Terms of ... has dropped references to "Nunchuck" and that it now calls its controller the "Kama Wireless Controller." The case cite is Nintendo of America Inc. v. Nyko Technologies, Inc., No. 08-907 (W.D. Wash.).
16 Jun, 2008 4:46 pm
Nintendo of America Inc. v. Nyko Technologies
Inc. Case number 08-cv-907 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Nintendo of
America ... issue is Reg. No. 3370921, registered on Jan. 15, 2008. This case concerns Nintendo's
design patents on the Nunchuk controller, and Nyko's similarly appearing ... has function, versus what portion of the design is merely aesthetic. The trademark issue stems from
Nintendo obtaining a trademark on NUNCHUK (Reg. No. 3370921, Jan. 15, 2008) for computer ...
7 Jul, 2008 6:51 pm
... After a jury trial in Judge Clark's court in Lufkin, three of the four products sold by Defendant Nintendo of America, Inc. were found to infringe all of the asserted claims of the patent - but the big seller, the Wii Nunchuk,
was ... for damages ... but waiv[ing] the opportunity to present contravening evidence on damages." "It appears to the court" he continued, "that Nintendo made some skillfully calculated decisions regarding trial tactics to protect the Wii Nunchuk with Remote. Sales revenue ...
11 Aug 1:52 am
... , Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony Electronics Inc., Nintendo of America, Inc. and Apple, Inc. In the suit, Bandspeed alleges that the Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii and Apple iPhone 3G all infringe upon two of
Bandspeed's patents. The patents are U.S. Patent No. 7,027,418 (entitled ... between a pair of participants. We'll keep you posted as we learn more. The suit is Bandspeed,
Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc. et al., No. 09-593 (W.D.Tx filed Aug. 7, 2009).
17 Dec, 2007 1:02 am
Lonestar Inventions LP v. Nintendo of America Inc., case
no. 6:07-cv-00261 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. This lawsuit between patent-holding company Lonestar Inventions LP and gaming conglomerate
Nintendo Inc. will play out in mediation after a federal judge ordered the two companies to try ... a
mediator on Thursday, Dec, 13, 2007. Texas-based Lonestar first sued Nintendo in June, alleging that the company's popular Wii video game
console infringed on a ...
22 May, 2008 4:16 am
... of Tyler, Texas-based Anascape Ltd. against Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo of America
Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Nintendo Co. Ltd. (NTDO.Y). The verdict handed down on May 14th
concludes nearly two years of litigation over a series of protected Anascape patents related ... M. Parker, Christopher Bunt and Charles Ainsworth. The jury found that various
controllers sold by Nintendo, including the GameCube controller, GameCube Wavebird controller, Wii Classic controller and Wii Remote, ...
15 May, 2008 5:37 am
[JURIST] Entertainment console and video game manufacturer Nintendo of America, Inc. [corporate website] was ordered to pay $21 million Wednesday to Anascape, Ltd., a small Texas video game company after losing a jury verdict in a patent
infringement lawsuit concerning hand-held controllers for its Wii and Gamecube video game systems. Anascape filed a complaint [text] against both Nintendo and
25 Aug, 2008 2:28 am
Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al Hillcrest Labs sued Nintendo of America (based in Redmond, WA, Nintendo Ltd. is based in
Kyoto, Japan), maker of the widely-popular "Wii" (TM), for patent infringement on August 20, ... asserted are 7,139,983, 7,158,118, 7,262,760). Rockville, MD-based Hillcrest alleges
that Nintendo's "Wii" video game machines and remote controllers directly, contributorily, induce, and willfully infringe its patents. ...
11 Jun 2:37 pm
... months after the lawsuit by Guardian Media Technologies Ltd. was filed. Bloomberg gave further details: "Nintendo vigorously defends patent
lawsuits," Rick Flamm, Nintendo of America's general counsel, said in a statement. "At the earliest
stages of this case, Nintendo convinced the ... ., 08cv8439, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles). Other
defendants remain in the case including Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., RadioShack
Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
17 Jul 6:33 am
... integrated circuits and system processes. Lonestar Inventions, LP v. Nintendo of America,
Inc., MEDIATION (E.D. Tex. 2007): Lonestar claimed Wii console ... PENDING (W.D. Wash., Filed 2008): ADC suing Microsoft & Nintendo (Sony dismissed) for patent infringement of pay-for-download software over a computer network ... Cir. 1996): Brown was selling video games that were
strikingly similar to those of Nintendo's. The court found that there was likelihood of confusion regarding the origin of the games so ...
5 May, 2005 7:15 pm
... . If you notice any that are missing, please let us know. WizKids, Inc. v. Wizards of the Coast, filed May 25, 2007 (W.D. Wa) KSR v ... .
MP Games v. Shufflemaster (PENDING) W.D. Wash Forterra Systems, Inc. v. Avatar Factory (PENDING) N.D. Cal. Freedom Wave v. ... F.2d 1510 (9th
Cir. 1992) Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.,
975 F.2d 832 (Fed. Cir. 1992) Atari Games Corp ... . Dirkschneider, 571 F. Supp. 282 (D.C. Neb. 1983) Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips
Consumer Elecs. Group Corp., 672 F. ...
14 Jul, 2006 5:43 am
... 179, entitled "Video Game System and Video Game Memory Medium," and assigned to Nintendo. (Level Chooser) United States Patent 6488505,
entitled "Vehicle competition with enhanced ghosting features," assigned to Midway Games West Inc." U.S. Pat. No. 6,522,333, entitled "Remote
Communication Through Visual Representation ... August 2, 2005, entitled "Adrenaline Feature For Sports Video Games," and assigned to Nintendo
of America, Inc. U.S. Pat. No. 6,935,954 to Sterchi et al., issued ...
25 Aug 1:00 pm
... to the Order, on August 21, 2009, Complainant Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. ("Hillcrest") and Respondents Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. (collectively, "Nintendo") moved to stay the procedural schedule, including the date for issuance of ... and to
extend the target date two months to February 23, 2010. In support of their motion, Hillcrest and Nintendo explained that the private parties
had reached settlement and intended to file a joint motion to terminate the investigation based ...
29 Sep 2:12 pm
... Three-Dimensional Pointing Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-658). By way of background, Complainant Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. ("Hillcrest")
filed a complaint alleging violations of Section 337 in the importation into the U.S., the sale ... . 7,139,983; 7,158,118; 7,262,760; and 7,414,611. On September 23, 2008, the ITC
instituted this investigation naming Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. (collectively, "Nintendo") as respondents. On August 21,
2009, Hillcrest and Nintendo jointly moved to ...
30 Mar, 2008 7:53 pm
... Genie. What's the Game Genie? It's a device that, for console video games (think Nintendo and Playstation instead of PC), allows the player
to cheat by entering codes at a start- ... under the same situation as the Midway case. What do you do if you are Nintendo? Of course, you file
a lawsuit against the makers of the Game Genie - and you ... infringes the copyrights of the games you make. Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v.
Nintendo of America, Inc. (9th Cir., 1992) states that a
user owns the copy of the work ...
17 Jul, 2006 6:08 pm
United States Patent No. 6,935,954: Sanity System for Video Game Issued August 30, 2005, to Nintendo of America, Inc. Summary: This patent by inventors from Nintendo of
America Inc. discloses a video game system that modifies, monitors, and reacts to a game character's
sanity level. A character's sanity level is modified by an amount based on the player character's reaction to a particular occurrence or event in the ...
16 May, 2008 5:29 am
It was recently announced that Anascape Ltd. obtained a $21M verdict against Nintendo of America
Inc. for patent infringement regarding various Nintendo gaming controllers. The lawsuit, filed on
July 31, 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ... reexamination on October 12, 2007), are provided in the second link below via the free Justia docket website. According to
the Yahoo! article, Nintendo plans to appeal this decision. Yahoo! News Article: LINK Initial Anascape Lawsuit Documents: LINK
14 Jul, 2006 7:26 am
... Adrenaline Feature for Sports Video Games Issued August 2, 2005 to Nintendo of America,
Inc. Summary: The '717 patent describes describes various methods of controlling a video ... motors, and other widgets and cogs found on video
game controllers, Nintendo now allows the to control a level of virtual "adrenaline" of a player in a video game. A user ... adrenaline level
is high, but the player is also more likely to commit a foul. Nintendo's adrenaline feature adds more control and realism to sports video ...
11 Feb 11:25 am
The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that the Authors Guild is up in arms over a feature of the new Amazon Kindle 2 that reads e-books aloud using a text-to-speech algorithm.
According to Authors Guild executive director Paul Aiken, "They don't have the right to read a book out loud." Why not? According to Aiken, when a book is read aloud by a Kindle 2, that
creates an unlawful derivative work. Parents everywhere should be on the look out for legal papers haling them into court for ...
11 Jul, 2008 4:30 am
... IP early: (China Hearsay) Europe ECJ decision in Bertelsmann and Sony Corporation of America v Impala, while not being an IP case, says a
lot about how the ECJ views the ... malicious prosecution, unfair competition and antitrust claims: Fisher Tools Co, Inc v Gillet Outillage:
(IP Law Observer), (IP Law360), Google - Google to ... Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft: (Patent Prospector), (IP Law360), (The IP ADR Blog), Nintendo - Motion for remittitur denied in patent infringement case between Anascape and ...
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