Nintendo sued by Texas firms over patent infringement issues
Saturday 16th June 2007, 03:03:00 PM, written by Farid
Lonestar Inventions LP, a Texan electronic products maker, alleges in an early June complaint brought in front of the Tyler federal court (TX) that Nintendo Company, Limited is violating one of their U.S. patents –"High capacitance structure in a semiconductor device" filed in '92, issued in '93- relating to a method to enhance substrate-based capacitor performances.
The technology described in the patent enhances capacitance as well as saves space by using parallel layers of conducting strips that are intertwined in a compact manner.
Speaking with Bloomberg about the issue, Lonestar’s lawyer claimed to be “pretty confident in [their] caseâ€, while according to Reuters a Nintendo spokesman said that Nintendo was investigating the issue at the moment.
Along with its complaint, Lonestar asked for cash compensation. Since January, the company has taken legal action over patent infringement claims against Eastman Kodak Co., Freescale and Agere as well.
For information sake, earlier this year, another company, Fenner Investments, LTD, filed a complaint against Nintendo in Tyler federal court. That patent, "Low-voltage joystick port interface", describes a technology that provides a low-voltage gamepad interface. That claim was also filed against MS, and, for a short while only, Sony. In this case, the defendants, which include Nintendo, counterclaimed for declaratory judgments of no infringement and invalidity.
The technology described in the patent enhances capacitance as well as saves space by using parallel layers of conducting strips that are intertwined in a compact manner.
Speaking with Bloomberg about the issue, Lonestar’s lawyer claimed to be “pretty confident in [their] caseâ€, while according to Reuters a Nintendo spokesman said that Nintendo was investigating the issue at the moment.
Along with its complaint, Lonestar asked for cash compensation. Since January, the company has taken legal action over patent infringement claims against Eastman Kodak Co., Freescale and Agere as well.
For information sake, earlier this year, another company, Fenner Investments, LTD, filed a complaint against Nintendo in Tyler federal court. That patent, "Low-voltage joystick port interface", describes a technology that provides a low-voltage gamepad interface. That claim was also filed against MS, and, for a short while only, Sony. In this case, the defendants, which include Nintendo, counterclaimed for declaratory judgments of no infringement and invalidity.
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