Nintendo Accused of Patent Infringement for Wii U
It appears that Nintendo is among a number of parties, including retailers, being sued for alleged patent infringement by Secure Axcess, a company dedicated to “monetization and management of Internet security patents.”
The patent, issued to Secure Axcess in February 2003, covers “a computer providing multiple display capability where one display presents the current document and another display may show a true display of a previously opened document.” In other words, a computer that shows information on more than one screen, like the Wii U with its game pad.
What about the DS? Well, this actually isn’t the first time Secure Axcess has attempted to sue Nintendo for infringement of this same patent. In January, Nintendo was summoned for the Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, and 3DS XL.
Nintendo has been sued over other infringement cases in the past, including for the 3D technology in the 3DS, for which Nintendo now pays royalties for each handheld sold. Nintendo won a lawsuit in 2013 that claimed that the Wii Balance Board violated a patent.
The patent is publicly available here. Let us know what you think about these allegations in the comments section.
Source: Nintendo World Report.
April 20, 2014
Patent trolls are always targeting Nintendo. Nine times out of ten they fail. I suspect this will be no different.
April 20, 2014
I agree with Trev :P They’ll probably fail. I know FOR A FACT that Nintendo wouldn’t steal someone’s invention :P
April 20, 2014
Yeah
April 21, 2014
I agree with you guys, and hopefully this is just another case of someone trying to make a quick buck off someone else’s success, with no substance to back it up.