The U.S. International Trade Commission said Wed. that it will investigate claims by Hillcrest Labortories that Nintendo Co. infringed on its patents in the popular Wii video game hardware.
Hillcrest in Aug. filed a complaint for infringement of four patents against Nintendo.
The Rockville, Md technology company claims that the Wii's motion-sensitive properties violate its patents related to a handheld three-dimensional pointing device and a navigation interface display system that graphically organizes content for display on a television.
The Wii includes the Wii Remote, a wand-like device that allows users to perform gesture-based actions in game titles. Nintendo in July unsuccessfully bid to overturn a $21 million patent-infringement ruling in favor of Anascape Ltd. The ruling involved a potential ban of sale for the Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo in Sept. said that the Wii ranked as the No. 2 game hardware in Aug. according to NPD Group Inc. To date sales the Wii have reached nearly 12 million units in the U.S. Source
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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