IA Labs Loses Patent Portfolio to Nintendo After Nintendo Wins Patent Lawsuit

[Viper1]

pokoko said:

Viper1 said:

The outcome of the case is not the point.  You suggested that Nintendo deliberately infringed on others.  I pointed out that they had no such intention given that they licsenced technology from Sharp and had them supply the displays.

Nor does one case elimate the fact that they do have a long history of establishing their own patants and respecting the patents from other companies.

And for the record, that courthouse in Marshall, Texas is also a patent troll haven.  A 78% win percentage for patent plaintiffs (antional avg is 20%) and is the second busiest courthouse in the country for patents suits.  Judge Ward himself has almost never sided with anyone but the plaintiff.  Type in Marshall Texas patent and get ready to read hwo many companies are getting screwed.  Including Sony and MS and damn near every tech firm you know and love.

Yeah, it kind of is the point.

Regardless, I was just pointing out that they recently lost a patent case, which kind of makes that PR statement amusing.  I'm not nearly as emotionally invested in this as you are and I'm not going to argue with you about whether they really lost or not.

My point isn't whether they lost or not at all.  My point is that they did try to legally obtain the rights to use a parallax barrier screen by licensing and contracting Sharp.  They didn't intentionally infringe on Tomita which is what the contrary of that statement would conclude.  If they don't respect other company's intellectual property, that means they willingly and knowlingly use other's IP without permission.  But that's not the case here.  They thought they were respecting the rights of others by licensing patents from Sharp for Sharp's own displays.  The real question should be how in the world does Tomita have the same patents as does Sharp?  Or how you can license a technology and still get sued by someone else for the same technology?