Nintendo gets sued......Again

[Max King of the Wild]

theRepublic said:

Max King of the Wild said:

theRepublic said:
Does anyone know when Nintendo's Wii patents were filed?

As many times as Nintendo has been sued, it's funny that we never hear about these companies suing each other. If their patents are that similar, that should be happening, too. Instead, they are going for the deep pockets years after the fact.

 

 doesnt work that way.

Why not?  All these companies are going after Nintendo for supposedly copying their motion controls.  If that is the case, then all of these companies are copying every else's motion controls.

Example:

Company B sues A for copying their motion controls.

Company C sues A for copying their motion contols.

How are B and C also not infringing on each other's patents? 

The only way that could be true, is if B and C only pick out very specific points from A's patent, which don't exist in each other's.  From what I have seen, these patents are usually just mention controling something on screen with a physical motion.  Very generic and all very close to each other's designs.  It seems to me they are just going after the deep pockets.

 

Anyway, who was actually the first to patent this?

 

 It doesnt work that way because those companies aren't making money off of the invention. Companies can't sue you because you had an idea to use something. The can only sue you when you start using that idea to make money.