A series of strange new patents has emerged. A newly published Nintendo patent seems to lend credence to a recent report that stated the upcoming NX system will feature detachable controllers. The patent (as discovered by NeoGAF) was filed with the United States patent office…
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Today, the US Appeals Court upheld the US Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to strike down a patent on manufacturing technology asserted against Nintendo my Motion Games LLC in 2012. According to Nintendo, the court order means there are no more patent claims in the lawsuit…
Read MoreREDMOND, Wash.–Nintendo has prevailed in a patent case in Seattle federal court concerning the company’s Mii characters. Judge Richard A. Jones found that U.S. Patent No. 8,005,303, which relates to ways of storing police sketch-artist data, was invalid. RecogniCorp LLC, a patent-assertion company, filed this…
Read MoreWhen Nintendo announced it was working on a new console, codenamed “NX,” the company hinted its new platform would blend the capabilities of a traditional home console with those of a mobile device. Now the company has filed a patent application that sheds some light…
Read MoreFor roughly two decades, optical disc formats like CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and others have been the media of choice for game consoles. More than any other company, Nintendo has resisted this trend, sticking with cartridges in the Nintendo 64 and all of its handhelds. And…
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