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 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."
It's apparently such an obvious violation of the patent that it's only taken the company two years of the Wii appearing on every television station and magazine cover on the planet to notice it. If we seem vindictive, it could be thanks to Motiva's counselm who said, "Using someone else's technology without permission is theft. Nintendo makes video games where you get to play a thief, but that doesn't give them the right to be one."
What is he even talking about? Wario? We have no idea.
Reader Comments (56)
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 1:31PM moominsean said
why aren't these shitty little companies suing each other? they all seem to have basically the same patent...some kind of motion device that controls things on a screen. fucking retards.
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
Mail bombs are a good way to stop these stupid and pointless law suits.
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said
The real disgusting thing here is simple. Everyone else seems to get these lawsuits, and i never get one. Hell, I only need one, and i could game the rest of my life, 16 hours a day. That's what really sucks about all this.
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 2:49PM (Unverified) said
Your photoshop made me laugh my ass off.
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 2:53PM Koopaconn said
I'm puttin on my waggle suit and dancin shoe and goin out to partay! :p
Posted: Nov 12th 2008 7:11PM Brodo said
You've got to wonder why these companies wait 2 years to sue nintendo. The wii is popular enough that you'd think that they would have noticed earlier
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