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Nintendo Hit With Lawsuit Over Wii Motion Controls
gamedaily.com - 11/12/2008
Nintendo Hit With Lawsuit Over Wii Motion Controls
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An Ohio-based company called Motiva claims that Nintendo infringed its patent when creating and then selling the Wii console.

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GoNintendo:  Motiva suing Nintendo over motion control, spouts cheesy line

Joystiq:  Nintendo slapped with another waggle suit

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Motiva suing Nintendo over motion control, spouts cheesy line
GoNintendo — ... Law Firm, representing Motiva Man, how cheesy of a line is that?! Either way, Nintendo is being sued by Motiva over, citing illegal use of their motion sensing patent. The Wiimote is under fire for this one. A bit more from the lawsuit is below.“involves technology used to create a ‘Human Movement Measurement System’ comprising a hand-held tracking device in communication with a base station that can be used to create an interactive gaming experience, among other capabilities.” Link This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 8:30 pm and is filed under ...

Nintendo slapped with another waggle suit
Joystiq — ... Before we get started, doesn't a "waggle suit" sound like the funnest thing anybody could possibly own? Yeah, we thought so too. Anyway, Ohio-based Motiva says that the Wiimote violates a patent of that it filed in 2004 for "technology used to create a 'Human ...

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