“You Got Served” – Nintendo Sued Over Dual Screen Technology

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QuintonMcLeod said:

Somini said:

QuintonMcLeod said:

This lawsuit isn't going to go anywhere considering there's phones out there that use dual screens as well as very old arcade machines and kiosks.

I think so too, but you never know. As they could gain even more if they win against Nintendo.

Not if there's proof of prior art. Nintendo could invalidate the patent all together if they can show that dual screen technology has been around before the patent was created.

This worked really well for Samsung, with all such as having a smartphone with a screen and rounded corners (poor Sony / LG) and swiping a finger to unlock a touchscreen (poor Nokia). There's a whole lot of shit about fingerprint reading right now where the Motorola Atrix 4G will barely get mentioned, because it's a war over marketshare, with "ownership" and "theft" of ideas as convenient excuses to steamroll competitors. The winner will be whoever has the most public influence / money / both. The patent system is just another conduit for corruption - which is itself a corruption of its original purpose.

Nintendo will be as lucky / influential to get out of this unscathed as with previous successes.