Nintendo faces lawsuit over 3DS screen technology

@slickie

Seriously. You think if they actually had a case they would have filed, like, 18 months ago.

@slickie

That's what they do. They create a vision for new technology that people want, sit on it, then throw out lawsuits if the technology becomes successful. They filed in 2003, yet NO PROGRESS WHATSOEVER. Y'know what? Copyrights and Patents are what's killing America. We can't make any new inventions or big leaps and booms in terms of art, music, or technology without someone throwing out a lawsuit over it.

Patents have a use, but they should only be usable for getting funding, not OWNING AN IDEA. There are how many million people in the US, and yet somehow we say only one person is allowed to have an idea? Yeah, no, it doesn't work like that. Sorry. Progress has come to a grinding halt because of this crap. Whoever created patents and copyrights is the one that killed the free market and killed creativity. Thank you, whoever you are, for destroying the value of a customer by their business, and making it so we can own ideas, tunes, and words.

For those saying "it serves a place", please google "Paranormal Activity", the movie btw, then "Paranormal Entity", another movie. The Asylum studios constantly produces ripoffs of successful movies. The public is smart about this, however. They make a profit, but they are not well liked, people generally don't buy their movies, the people vote with their wallets, and they know Asylum is terrible. No lawsuits against them, the public instead makes the vote by not buying, and BEING INFORMED.

Contrast this with Super Man and Shazam. Super Man came first. Then Shazam came out from a different comic studio. He got more popular. Well, DC took the creators to court, got them locked up in a legal battle spanning several years for infringing the copyright of "A costumed hero", and eventually the company that made Shazam closed down, and Super Man got put back on top. They eventually bought Shazam from the people they screwed over, and now Super Man is the great legend of awesome.

... Now fast forward. Had they won the battle, they could have sued Marvel, Dark Horse, etc, and we wouldn't have a lot of the super heroes or comics we have now. Slippery slope, all thanks to copyrights and patents. Oh, and before you scream about how wonderful the system is, contrast Japan's Doujinshi market. They take canons and create "doujinshi", clearly labeled as not the original product. Yet even though they break copyright, it's seen in Japan that stopping these works would hurt the manga industry, why? Well, let's see...

A LOT OF MANGA ARTISTS GET THEIR START IN DOUJIN. Koshi Rikudo (Excel Saga), Kazuhiko Kato (LUPIN THE THIRD), Kiyohiko Azuma (Azumanga Daioh), ALL DOUJIN ARTISTS AT THE START. So all copyright laws do is hurt the free market, hurt the quality of products, and hurt consumers. Anyone who supports cppyrights and patents IS A FRELLING IDIOT.

@ShivanSwordsman
Shazam? You mean CAPTAIN MARVEL?

@Eight Hundred
I guess he used the name of some of the very old books (already DC) which were actually titled "Shazam!" or he just doesn't want the character confused with the Marvel hero of the same name...

@Eight Hundred

Right, flubbed on that one mate. Sorry. His name is Captain Marvel, SHAZAM is what he says to transform.

@ShivanSwordsman I think liike many other things, patents and copyrights are a good thing that terrible people and organizations will abuse. I don't think general concepts based on preexisting ideas and involve no actual investigation, research or creativity in should be registerable.

@ShivanSwordsman

Patents - letters patent issued by English kings pre-1400. Statute of Monopolies (1624), designed to eliminate the discriminatory way in which letters patent were granted in order to encourage innovation and market development.

Now, in the United States patents have a life of 20 years from filing, usually leaving only 16 or 17 years effective. They are a complete monopoly and quite expansive, but may be invalidated if they are not NEW and written in such a way to allow the public to understand and use the new invention after the term expires.

Copyrights - recognized at common law until Statute of Anne (1709), passed to protect English printers and publishers so they could invest in expensive printing presses.

Now, the copyright term is extremely long at life of the author plus 70 years. But it is very limited in scope, and only extends to works that are substantially similar or are derivatives of the original.

There are definitely inefficiencies, but you are only look at the problems. Just because someone files a lawsuit doesn't mean they have a claim. And without these protections, it would never make business sense to invest in, say, medical drug research or computer and game console technology, or to waste your time turning that New York Times Bestseller into a blockbuster movie.

@A Sandwich

It really shouldn't matter when they filed so long as they have standing.

@ShivanSwordsman: I agree. Ecclesiastes 1:9 says - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is NO NEW THING under the sun.

Basically people filing all these lawsuits need to chill out. No matter how original you THINK your idea is it's highly probable that someone else thought of it first. It's one thing if a company is trying to maliciously attack your company by copying your idea to do you harm, but if someone else has the same idea you already had, big deal. Why can't everyone have a slice of the pie. There are 7 billion people on this planet. There is enough room for everyone to be successful.

I'm an artist and I've come up with characters and Ideas and then seen someone else come up with the same thing before. I found it funny rather than insulting. It's not a big deal. If you are a real artist you can come up with something BETTER. And that's what I did. Everything we see in society is a copy, off a copy, off a copy.

This suit will get settled under-wraps and nothing more will be said of it.

@vidguy

Also, if you are curious, you can see the patent at
http://www.pat2pdf.org/patents/pat7417664.pdf

@vidguy

Your knowledge of Arcane Patenting Rituals has gained you +10 faction with Arturis the Rogue Knight

@vidguy

The patent actually looks quite fleshed out, but I am by no means an expert.

@vidguy
Your knowledge of the law always pleases me. I learn quite a bit from each of your posts.

@danijami23

"You see the car that guy just stole? Yup that's my pimpin' ride"

@Kimchi Kommando

It's more like accusing someone of stealing your Lada.

@danijami23

Regardless of how you feel about the tech, it's worth quite a bit to Nintendo.

@danijami23
Lada is actually a good comparison for Nintendo tech. It doesn't have the best specs, but it's reliable, and almost bulletproof. Now where's that Gulf War photo...

@(Unverified)
People invent things to advance in technology, not to sell them.

@(Unverified)

2003 was THE turning point for 3D

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338459/

The world was shown the wonders of technology and beheld it in awe.

@MrAlex

By the way following this trend the aroma card that is being used for spy kids 4 (NOT EVEN A JOKE) will be the next innovation to sweep the entertainment industry in 2016.

@(Unverified)
The Gameboy Advance SP had two screens for 3D display, but they couldn't get it to work properly.

@LoneWolf18

You're gonna look f*ckin' crazy for trying to sue A Sandwich! Good luck with that!

@A Sandwich

Suing a sandwich you say!? My delicious friend, I'm in for a tasty endeavor!

@Aceofwilds

That avatar is perfect.

@KiraXD
They should patent oxygen!! A lot people enjoy that!!

@KiraXD The frisbee has already been invented...

@Regularpants
oh yeah? then how come ive never heard of it?!

@Sam406

im going to invent a gaming console that has upgradable RAM, GPU, Power, Soundcards... and pretty much anything else... also it will come with something similar to a mouse or a controller... and might... or might not have touch screen input as well as 3D screens (but my screens are different than tomitas! since they use magic instead of technology) oh yeah.. mine will include 56k modems! or whatever.

@Sam406
I'm patenting lawyer fees.