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Home News Nintendo Loses Glasses-Free 3D Patent Infringement Lawsuit

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Nintendo Loses Glasses-Free 3D Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Posted on Thursday, March 14 @ 09:45:00 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


The Big N will be made to pay the hefty cost of patent infringement, as decided by a federal jury on the glasses-free 3D technology included within the Nintendo 3DS.

According to Reuters, the technology was invented by a former Sony employee named Seijiro Tomita who will now be awarded $30.2 million in damages. Nintendo's attorney argued that the 3DS doesn't make use of the important aspects of the patent.

The company released the following statement to IGN on the matter:

A jury awarded $30.2 million in damages to Tomita Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Tomita against Nintendo. The Tomita patent did not relate to the 3D games playable on the Nintendo 3DS. The trial was held in U.S. District Court in New York before Judge Jed Rakoff.

Nintendo is confident that the result will be set aside. The jury's verdict will not impact Nintendo's continued sales in the United States of its highly acclaimed line of video game hardware, software and accessories, including the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others.

First the Wii U troubles and now this? When it rains, it pours.
Tags:   nintendo, 3DS


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  • PeeDeeJay
    PeeDeeJay
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 10:22 am
    Ouch. Didn't see that coming.
    0 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 10:25 am
    $30 million isn't that bad when you compare it to other recent infringement cases (see anything involving Apple). But yeah, this only serves to increase Nintendo's losses right now.
    0 0
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 11:06 am
    $30.2 Million isn't the problem... it's bad press for a company that's been receiving a mountain of criticism lately. And the fact that Tomita is a former Sony employee only makes it worse, even if he didn't work for Sony when he created the tech.
    0 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 11:36 am
    Very true, and now that I think of it he might be suing them in almost every country where they sell the 3DS too, not just the US.
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
    If that's the case, Nintendo's legal team must be furious, as well as busy.
    0 0
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 12:49 pm
    Was thinking the same thing when I read the case was held in NY. From looking at other infringment lawsuits (like you said, one's involving apple) you can almost guarantee that Tomita has pending case in multiple countires where the 3DS is sold. I was just surpised that the first case wasnt in Japan due to the fact that both parties are Japanese.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 10:30 am
    I bet that guy was happy as **** when that verdict was read
    0 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
    First the WiiU's poor sales, now this? Things aren't looking great for the big N right now.
    0 0
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
    You say tomato, I say Tomita :-)
    0 2
  • TheBigRedPyramid
    TheBigRedPyramid
    Joined: Dec 2012
    Posted: Mar 14th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
    Here, have a thumbs up
    0 0

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