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

[Viper1]

DonFerrari said:

Viper1 said:

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?

Subcontracting a service doesn't take off the responsibility from you... if you contract a fraudulent scheme or anything infringing any law or agreement you are responsible as well and will have to show that you have taken all possible precautions to be sure it was right... And again in courthouse anything is possible, maybe you could sue your younger zigotic gemini for copying your DNA.

While true, cases sucha s that are usually not pushed completely through as it undermines other legally obtained and applied patents for the exact same technology.   Normally this would put all patents involved into a reviewing period by the USPTO (who have a working relationship with the Japanese Patent Office) to ensure duplication of patented technologies are not causing legal issues.  The problem is that that federal courthouse in Marshall, Texas never forwards these cases back to the USPTO which is another reason patent trolls always file there.

As for the twin DNA suit, please don't give older twin patent trolls any ideas.