East Texas based Anascape Ltd. is on the receiving end of a $21 million payday, as Nintendo of America was ordered to pay the company by a federal jury today on the grounds of patent infringement.
The original lawsuit, filed in 2006, stated that Nintendo infringed on the company’s patent during the designs of the Wii Classic, Wavebird and Gamecube controllers. Neither the Wii Remote or the Nunchuck controllers were named in the suit according to Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta, who also expects the amount to be reduced following an appeal.
Anascape also sued Microsoft for patent infringements prior to the start of the trial against Nintendo, but reached an agreement earlier this month on May 1.
Jury orders Nintendo to pay gaming company Anascape $21M - [Yahoo News]
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