Nintendo Sued Over Wii Patent

Posted by Stephen Johnson - Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:03 AM

This is the price of success: Nintendo is being sued over some of the technology that makes its Wii such a super-special gaming console.

Texas-based Lonestar Inventions alleges that the Wii infringes on a patent it holds for a "high capacitance structure in a semiconductor device." We're not sure what that is either, but, according to GameSpot, the patented technology is a "space-saving method tripling the effectiveness of parallel plate capacitors by using layers of conducting strips."

And we know the Wii would not be fun without effective parallel plate capacity!

Lonestar Inventions previously went to court with Texas Instruments, Marvell Semiconductor and Eastman Kodak Company over the same patent.

TheFeed finds it hard to believe that the technology could have possibly come from Texas, because only two things come from Texas, steers and... something else.

GameSpot.com: Nintendo facing new Wii patent suit

Permalink Tags: Other People's Misfortune, Videogames, Wii

Comment(s)

Posted by spam_word - Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:20 AM

they took my idea to take a bowling ball and throw it down a lane at ten organized pins you f'ers!!!!!!!!!

Posted by thenumber7 - Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:30 AM

WTF? What's going on? I log off for 5 seconds and this had to come up?

Posted by McNuggetOfDeath - Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:36 AM

Hey i'm offended, i'm texan and we also offer high quality hats and very stylish boots.

Posted by heavymetalwolf - Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:42 AM

only steers, somethign else... and of course gary Busey.

Posted by gryphon - Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:05 PM

This is, like, the second time they've been threatened with this. The first suers wanted Nintendo to take the Wii off the market.
I doubt this'll hold up in court.

Posted by NATAS999 - Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:30 PM

Nintendo has to much money to be taken down by some no name corporation from Texas.

Posted by djHaQ - Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:40 PM

So, that flux capacitor there... I originally invented that....

Posted by jap_1818 - Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:59 PM

I hate texas, and texans for matter. I mean, dont get me worng, I would like to meet a texan I could get along with, but everone I've met from that crap state is a douche bag. Oh yeah, who's that one guy thats been fu**ing up our county for the past few years? He's of fan of that hell hole.

Posted by Naruto_Style - Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:37 PM

i think his name is douche bag? no wait umm dumbass? no no no ill get it ummmmmmmmmm F*CKING IDOT? ohhh i cant remember...

Posted by LackOfKnowledge - Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:08 PM

i come here to post a smart ass comment under a potentially funny topic and what do i find... a couple of liberal queers from somewhere in california holding face to face conversations with their own flatulences from INSIDE their own assholes bashing my state and our president, whom was reelected by the entire country might i add
p.s. we sent all of the douche bags out of the state to live with all of the other douches in the country, who JUST HAPPEN to live in LA A.K.A. the self appointed capital of the known universe
go fsck yourself

Posted by Naruto_Style - Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:30 PM

fool! go f*ck a cow. less then 12% believe in that idiot and half regret voting for him again. the only reason he was voted twice is cause no one would vote in a new president during a time of war. btw i AM american you f*ck stick. i have frinds and family over there right now fighting for what? to keep terroist out of this country?
right... so obviously these numerous attempts on our country the past few weeks mean nothing then huh?

Posted by PreventorWind - Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:05 PM

Well, it's good to see that everyone here is staying on topic. I, for one, think that this is a case of the desperate suing the pathetic over the mundane.

Posted by justincase06 - Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:54 PM

huh, looks like sony isnt the only one with these problems after all...welcome to the club nintendo, fame is a bitch. :P

Posted by mysticsamurai - Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:36 PM

Even if this suit DOES hold up, Nintendo is too big and has too much money to let this get to down too bad. This is just a nobody trying to cash in on someone else's hard work. If this were true anyway, don't you think Nintendo would have aquired a lisence?

Also, let's stay off politics and religion.. Those are bad subjects for mixed company.

Posted by GameTech - Friday, June 15, 2007 6:36 AM

OH MY GOD this is exactly whta happened when sony and nintendo worked together but when nintendo left, sony sued them for the same usage of their technology. Stop suing nintendo!!! It won;t make your company better!!!

Posted by Robinater4223 - Friday, June 15, 2007 7:41 AM

uhhh if nintendo didnt get a permit to use it (im sure they did they cant be that stupid) they deserve to be sued

Posted by Soulself - Friday, June 15, 2007 9:53 AM

I love Texas because I am a Texan, but what if we just say that Dallas/Ft.Worth is in Oklahoma for a couple months until this all pans out. BTW this reminds me of the guys who is sueing those ppl for 54 million dollars over a pair of pants, lol.

Posted by mstngmaya36 - Friday, June 15, 2007 10:32 PM

Hey I'm a Texan and I'm sayin that everyone that has left a comment so far dissing Texas is falling prey to the media. Because he said "Texas" so many times in the article, it has led you to believe the theory that we are all a bunch of dumb rednecks in Austin, or crazy ass black people in Houston, or illegal immigrants when most of our population is like any other state in the U.S. What I'm saying is that we're no different than you. The only thing that seperates us from you is that we know how to have a party better than you.

Posted by S14DGENER8 - Friday, June 15, 2007 10:52 PM

I live in texas and I hate texas, I recently moved here. only two things come from Texas Queers and rednecks

Posted by G4tdaddy - Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:36 AM

herw in the great state of Texas,when there is some kinda of tragic situation,we as state helps out other states when in need.Rember Katrina,guess who took all those storm survivors Texas mainly Houston.Last time checked all the queers came from California.

Posted by mysticsamurai - Saturday, June 16, 2007 6:31 PM

S14DGENER8 One other cool thing comes from Texas. The Texas Ridge-Hand, martial artists will know what this is.

Posted by antiburgerjob23 - Sunday, June 17, 2007 6:42 PM

Why in the name of hell would you take a Wii apart!?! Theres kids in not just 3rd world countries, but OUR country that could use them!!! Please help them! Send a dollar a day to my home adress 123 Kiss-My-Ass Drive.

Posted by ilikecereal - Sunday, June 24, 2007 6:24 PM

these texans couldnt invent something if it came up to them and punched em in the nads!!after a consule gets successful, some retard goes "oh, and i invinted that bye the way"! Douche bags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Posted by ilikecereal - Sunday, June 24, 2007 6:36 PM

i bet this started when a guy dropped a wii,broke it, and aid "wait...how can i make money from this...hey joe see that thing heir, were gonna claim we made that!"

You must Login or Register to post.

The Feed Poll

What's your favorite Castlevania monster?

Tip The Feed