Philips wins patent case against Nintendo in UK
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 23 Comments
Reuters is reporting that Philips Electronics has won a patent infringement case against Nintendo in the UK. It’s the first of four lawsuits filed against Nintendo.
In a statement, Philips spokesman Bjorn Teuwsen said:
“It’s about a patent for motion, gesture and pointing control that we make available to manufacturers of set-top boxes and games consoles through a licensing program. We’d been trying to come to a licensing agreement with Nintendo since 2011, but since it didn’t work out we started legal action in Germany and the UK in 2012, France in 2013 and in the U.S. last month. We’ve requested fair compensation for the use of our patents.”
Philips did not share information regarding possible financial implications from the ruling.
Thanks to Joachim for the tip.
Aonuma reflects on Zelda: Skyward Sword’s tutorials, will be careful with them going forward
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One of the more common complaints with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword concerned the game’s tutorials. Many felt that there were too many of them, especially at the beginning.
This is something that series producer Eiji Aonuma has learned from. Aonuma told Kotaku that he now understands “that when you go out and buy a game, you buy the game because you want to play it, and you don’t want to have any obstacles in the way.” Additionally, he admitted that Skyward Sword’s tutorials were “frontloaded”.
Aonuma said this was all “a real learning experience for me”, and he’ll “be careful not to do that.”
May 2014 NPD: Estimated Wii U sales
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This month’s NPD report is in, and so are the leaks. “creamsugar”, a member of NeoGAF known for sharing NPD data, has provided a rough breakdown of sales for each platform:
200k > PS4 > 100k > XBO > Wii U > 360 > 50k > PS3 > Wii
It’ll be more interesting to see how Wii U performs next month. Mario Kart 8 launched at the very end of May, meaning it didn’t have an absolutely major impact in last month’s NPD report. June will be much more noteworthy to examine!
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS – Final Smash comparisons with Brawl
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Federal appeals court confirms Nintendo win against patent troll in case involving Wii
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In 2010, Triton Tech filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that the Wii Remote controller infringed one of the company’s patents. But on Friday, a federal appeals court asserted that the suit was invalid.
Judge Richard A. Jones of the Seattle district court dismissed the lawsuit once before after finding that the patent did not adequately describe a complete invention, making it invalid. The June 13 federal appeals court ruling upheld that previous dismissal.
Richard Medway, Nintendo of America’s deputy general counsel, said in a statement:
“We are very pleased with this result. Nintendo has a long tradition of developing unique and innovative products, while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. Nintendo continues to aggressively defend itself against patent trolls. After many years of litigation, the decision today reflects an appropriate resolution of this case.”
Source: Nintendo PR
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Media Create software sales (6/2 – 6/8) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth #
02./01. [WIU] Mario Kart 8
03./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
04./00. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!!
05./05. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
06./02. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories #
07./06. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
08./00. [PS4] Wolfenstein: The New Order
09./00. [PS4] FIFA 14 #
10./00. [360] Tsurugi no Machi no Ihoujin: Shiro no Oukyuu
11./10. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour
12./17. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
13./00. [PS3] Rain
14./15. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
15./00. [PS3] Wolfenstein: The New Order
16./04. [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire: Gekishin Black Heart #
17./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
18./07. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son
19./20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
20./08. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All #
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Skylanders Trap Team E3 demo details
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– Demo takes place in a sewer level
– Green rivers and rafts can be found here
– There are puzzles, such as one in which you need to pull levels to guide a ball of energy from several stations to its ice-melting goal
– Another puzzle: fling a little ball of goo around a 2D box, drenching the poor soul in water at one point to extinguish flames
– Wolfgang: Undead type
– Wolfgang is a villain that can be trapped
– In this game, players can choose to trap bosses and some other villains
– They’ll be stored in physical toys based on their element type
– Wolfgang is a werewolf who happens to be really into music
– He wields a harp/guitar hybrid made from bone, and he can use it to fire off music-note projectiles
– Wolfgang can also charge into groups of enemies with a rock-appropriate stage slide, where he takes out foes while skidding on his knees
– Broccoli Guy complains about his name while battling enemies
– As a Life-based character, he can create a healing aura
– It persists even when players swap between their regular Skylander and their trapped companion
More Skylanders Trap Team footage
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Skylanders Trap Team footage
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Activision’s E3 2014 lineup
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Activision has made its E3 2014 lineup official. In total, the publisher will have three games on hand: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Destiny, and Skylanders Trap Team.
The latter two titles will be playable at Activision’s booth, located in the South Hall (booth #1647).
Overviews of each game can be found below.
