Nintendo loses Wii motion controller lawsuit to Philips

[sethnintendo]

daredevil.shark said:

Mystro-Sama said:
Well........ fuck.

Nintendo REALLY needs better lawyers.

It wouldnt be a matter if nintendo filed the patent first.

"The first patent — listed as "Virtual Body Control Device" — involves tracking a person’s body and movements in order to replicate such actions in a virtual environment. The word "game" is mentioned specifically in the patent, which was applied for back in 1996. The second patent — "User Interface System Based on Pointing Device" — describes a portable device that is in communication with a camera, with which another device can use to track movements."

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/05/philips_claims_wii_and_wii_u_infringe_two_of_its_patents_seeks_ban_in_the_united_states

These patents are so fucking vague.  The first patent sounds more like Kinect or Sony's Move with camera than Wiimote.  The Wiimote doesn't use a camera.