Nintendo in trouble and hopefully wont have to take wii of the market

[Wiitime]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750001p1.html


"The complaint demands that Nintendo be enjoined and restrained from further infringing on the patent, presumably by taking the Wii off the market"

 

[clrntsqueak]

That's horrible!

 

[Paladine]

Why wouldn't the company want a cut of the profits from the Wii? Why do they want it off the market? This is all assuming they win

 

[Dalindeck]

Ugh, I hate when stupid stuff like this happens.

 

[Homesrfan]

http://www.wiichat.com/nintendo-wii-gaming/8394-sonyyyyyyyyyy.html

It's been posted before.

But if Interlink wins, that's major BS. They better not take the Wii off the market. I've been waiting too long for this!

 

[hexen0079]

sounds like they got a very valid case against nintendo. I think they just pissed off cause they didnt make money

 

[registerednerd]

If there is a problem, Nintendo will just buy the patent. They have the money to, stuff like this happens all the time.

 

[ocdan]

so what about companie that make trigger buttoned pointers for pc presentations like I do in class, looks awfully familiar

 

[Paladine]

http://www.wiichat.com/nintendo-wii-gaming/8394-sonyyyyyyyyyy.html

It's been posted before.

But if Interlink wins, that's major BS. They better not take the Wii off the market. I've been waiting too long for this!

That thread incorrectly blames Sony and is mostly anti-Sony comments

 

[Homesrfan]

That thread incorrectly blames Sony and is mostly anti-Sony comments

True... it has nothing to do with Sony, but it's still been posted.

 

[komio]

the company that filed a complaint against nintendo will have to somehow show that they have had reduced sales in whatever that pointer device that they have is and that it is due to the nintendo wii, i doubt nintendo will take the wii off the market due to this like registered nerd said they will probably just buy the patent or something like that

 

[NuFLo]

Interlink may have a good case against Nintendo becuase already people have figured out how to use the wii-mote for PC's and you dont have to use the sensor bar. So alot of people are gonna be buying wii-motes in the near future for PC use aswell unless Nintendo get owned or something.

 

[intekmdma]

The court filing claims that Interlink Electronics has suffered "loss of reasonable royalties, reduced sales and/or lost profits as a result of the infringing activities of" Nintendo.

i sure as hell never heard of interlink electronics before. lame ><

 

[Capt Elmer]

Can you use interlink's controller on the Wii? No. Can you use the Wiimote on a computer. Yes, but not within the confines of what Nintendo designed it to do and lots of software manipulation. Conclusion. No revenue lost because they are used for 2 different applications.

Case dismissed.


/After thought

Hmm wouldn't a company that makes 3rd party controllers for a console be taking away revenue from the console maker? I'm pretty sure you can not sue over revenue lost because of a similar product. As long as the similar product is different or does the same thing in a different way.

 

[3mpathy]

nintendo have been making this for longer than 2005, and as capt elmer said, short of people modding the controller, wich nintendo has no controll over its only use is the wii... nintendo will win