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Nintendo Sued over Wiimote Trigger

Posted by Zonk on from the wiimote-to-the-head-ed-grubberman dept.

kaizokunami writes "A company named Interlink Electronics, Inc., creator of interface devices has filed a suit in US District court against Nintendo of America, claiming the Nintendo the trigger on the bottom of the Wii controller infringes on their patent. The article includes images submitted with the patent application." From the article: "The complaint alleges that the trigger on the bottom of the Wii controller infringes on Interlink Patent No. 6,850,221 (Trigger Operated Electronic Device), which the company secured on February 1, 2005. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata first presented the Wii controller to the public not too long after that date, during the 2005 Tokyo Game Show."

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  1. Re:Um, prior art? by thebdj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad this has priority to Sep. 5, 1995. Patents are fun aren't they? The issue date really means shit; look at the filing date and then check for a priority. In this case, we need to go back 11 yrs.

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  2. Wow... by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    That company's lawyers sure were trigger happy.

    *cough* :-p

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  3. Re:Um, prior art? by DesireCampbell · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You guys are going to have to come up with new input devices that don't involve small entities with two toggleable states."

    I propose some kind of 'bacon-activated' controller.

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