"Nintendo slapped with another waggle suit"

Before we get started, doesn't a "waggle suit" sound like the funnest thing anybody could possibly own? Yeah, we thought so too.

Anyway, Ohio-based Motiva says that the Wiimote violates a patent of that it filed in 2004 for "technology used to create a 'Human Movement Measurement System' comprising a hand-held tracking device in communication with a base station that can be used to create an interactive gaming experience, among other capabilities."

It's apparently such an obvious violation of the patent that it's only taken the company two years of the Wii appearing on every television station and magazine cover on the planet to notice it. If we seem vindictive, it could be thanks to Motiva's counselm who said, "Using someone else's technology without permission is theft. Nintendo makes video games where you get to play a thief, but that doesn't give them the right to be one."

What is he even talking about? Wario? We have no idea.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/12/nintendo-slapped-with-another-waggle-suit/

Maybe I should find some way to sue Nintendo so I can make some money on failed products as well.

ugh, im not suprised. its pitiful how may companies try to sue them to make a quick buck.

I've always wondered how Scrooge McDuck dove through all of that money. I mean, common sense tells you that he'd get hurt if he tried to dive into that...

Oh yeah, the article..

these things just keep getting more and more ridiculous. I've never heard of Motiva and I highly doubt they were ever going to create a "gaming experience" that the masses could enjoy.

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The fact that the courts actually take these cases seriously is a joke.

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.

How many times has Nintendo gotten sued again >_>?

that last quote is one of the worst jokes ive ever heard, wth is he tlaking about?

Where do they get this information from?

Nintendo itself tends to get it's ideas ripped off as well, Sony should be sued for Rumble Packs, Wireless Controllers, Control Sticks, etc. All Nintendos ideas, that Sony Ripped off.

I'm sure Nintendo would sue as well for L and R that they've had from SNES to DS.