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StarmanDX · Local time: Dec 9, 2006, 11:35 AM

Uh, okay. So now no one can ever put a trigger on a remote, or Interlink will sue them. Seriously, the US patent system is ridiculously stupid. People patent all sorts of obvious crap, then sit on their patents waiting to sue anyone who comes up with anything vaguely similar.

So Interlink is claiming that because of the Wiimote, they have suffered "loss of reasonable royalties, reduced sales and/or lost profits as a result of the infringing activities." Right, I'm sure there were loads of people who thought "Hm, I was going to get that mouse/pointer for business meetings, but now I'll just get a Nintendo Wii and Zelda instead!" If the court doesn't dismiss this in five minutes, then I will lose what little faith I had left in them.

Oh wait, why even worry, Nintendo's got the best defense attorney ever.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

StarmanDX · Local time: Dec 10, 2006, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Slayer X

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.

And you heard this where? I've looked up dozens of articles, but seen nothing but:

Quote:

but in the filing, Interlink offers scant detail of exactly how Nintendo currently infringes on the '221 patent, stating only that "Nintendo has made, used, offered for sale and sold in the United States, and continues to make, use, offer for sale and sell in the United States one or more controllers which activities infringe, induce others to infringe, and/or contributorily infringe the '221 patent."

Regardless, this is still obviously a case of some struggling company that doesn't even make gaming products (unlike Immersion) trying to make some money, especially considering, as one Gamespot commentor pointed out, that earlier this year they were sued for illegally artificially inflating the price of their stock. I doubt their connections to Microsoft and Sony have much to do with it, but on the note of RABicle's link, it looks like their site has been hacked. "Database error: MySQL Connection could not be achieved."

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Eitherway, I've got my Wii already so I'm happy.

And you'd be even happier if Interlink wins and the Wii gets taken off the market, right?

There's nowhere I can't reach.