US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit

By YURI KAGEYAMA , AP Business Writer, Technology / Business

In this June 7, 2006 file photo, a model plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging its controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo. Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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(AP) -- Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

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Posted by wyseur 08/21/08 07:10

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so, what are the infringements exactly?

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Posted by Decaf 08/21/08 12:48

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When did they file this lawsuit? After the Wii generated enough revenue to make it financially attractive to cut themselves a piece?

Its basically an IR camera with motion sensitive gyros. Both have been around for quite a while, so I'm not sure how they managed to patent putting them together. Can't help but think about Flight of the Conchords camera-phone when I read this.