Nintendo is currently involved in another lawsuit regarding the Wiimote as another company is claiming Nintendo infringed on their patent saying they own the tech or at least the idea behind the tech of the Wiimote.
ThinkOptics is upset Nintendo has allegedly infringed on their own Wavit Remote tech with the main issue regarding the vague "Electronic equipment for handheld vision based absolute pointing system." in their patent filing.
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According to Law360, ThinkOptics' main argument is that Nintendo had prior knowledge that the Wii would infringe on those patents because of the rejections certain claims in Nintendo-filed patents by the Trademark Office. In their claim, ThinkOptics said:
“The rejection of [...] applications — assigned to Nintendo Co. Ltd. — based on the ’116 patent is proof that the Nintendo defendants knew or should have known of the objective risk that one or more of their products infringed at least one claim of at least the ’116 Patent,”
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The company also is alleging everything related to the Wiimote from the sensor bar to controllers to almost every part of the Wii violates their patent. They are also going after all the major retailers that carry Wii products arguing they are just as responsible as Nintendo is for paying up lost income, damages, legal fees, etc.
While the courts haven't officially held a hearing on the claims, the fact the lawsuit is being considering in a pro-patent squatter US District Court in Texas gives it a high possibility of the case going to trial.
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