Nintendo forced to pay for patent infringement

by James MitchellMay 14, 2008

A small Texan video gaming company has sued Nintendo for a patent infringement. Allegedly, the patent infringement was issued when Nintendo were designing controllers for it’s Nintendo Wii and Nintendo Gamecube systems. A federal jury found in favour of the prosecutors, Anascape Ltd. and have issued Nintendo a 21 million dollar fine. Nintendo spokesperson Charlie Scibetta has announced that Nintendo will seek an appeal to lower the fine. Microsoft was also sued for the same items, but settled out of court. Source: Kotaku

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Avid gamer since I was as young as three years old when I received my first NES. Currently studying full time and consider myself a balanced gamer. Enjoy games on all systems, from all genres, on all platforms. Sometimes feels like he's too optimistic for this industry.

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