Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement

May 15, 2008 Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement (AP)

In this photo of a screen grab released by Nintendo, the Coconut Mall racing course of the video game "Mario Kart Wii" is shown. (AP Photo/Nintendo)

(AP) -- Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.

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Would have been nice to know what exactly Nintendo were accused of stealing.
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