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 Member 1205 Level 33.36 Mar 2006 
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The infringement isn't the fact that it has a trigger, but how the trigger works. The trigger that Interlink & the Wii uses is a slide based trigger, not a hinge based trigger like the 360 & PS3.
Ulysses: It doesn't matter how long something's been around for, it just matters who copywrote what first. Vibrators have been around for decades however Sony & MS still managed to get sued by immersion, it's not because the two were using vibrators, but what kind of vibrators. In this case it's not that the Wii has a trigger, it's how the trigger operates. So far Interlink hasn't given us a lot yet, only some paperwork and drawings, while things do look similar, we're going to have to wait and see what the experts say in court to tell if Interlink really has a case or not. Eitherway, I've got my Wii already so I'm happy. Jam it back in, in the dark. 
Last edited by Slayer X; Dec 10, 2006 at 01:32 PM.
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Member 1205 Level 33.36 Mar 2006
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Starman: How the trigger works on the Wii I'll admit is an observation that I've made for I can't find any pictures of the official Wiimote design to say that it is a hinge, and I know that Interlink's trigger is a slide by simply looking at the pictures they filed with the patent. Also if it wasn't how the trigger works and just that it has a trigger then Microsoft and Sony would have been sued. Unless the reason why they wern't is as PS3icle said about MS & Sony having shares in Interlink, and if that's the case then the case will be thrown out of court based on conflict of interest and you won't have to worry abot anything.
As for the final part I said it was a joke, ha ha, you don't need to take it so seariously. How ya doing, buddy?
Last edited by Slayer X; Dec 10, 2006 at 02:58 PM.
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Member 1205 Level 33.36 Mar 2006
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However that doesn't seem to matter to the goverment. Immersion could have sued Sony ten years ago, however they waited nine years before saying anything and as you know, Immersion still won the case. So the wait of a single year after Nintendo announced the Wii I don't think is as suspicious in comparison., nor do I think that it will matter to the courts.
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Member 1205 Level 33.36 Mar 2006
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Evolution or not, if you design something then you need to patent it to protect it. Even if they said that Interlink copied their Z trigger, it doesn't matter because Interlink patented their design first, and a patent is a patent, after it's been issued there's nothing you can do. If Nintendo wanted to make the B trigger their own they should have made it an analog trigger and not a digital one.
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Slayer X