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Title: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 15, 2014, 04:46:31 AM
http://www.nintendolinked.com/philips-suing-nintendo-wants-ban-wii-u-due-patent-infringements/ (http://www.nintendolinked.com/philips-suing-nintendo-wants-ban-wii-u-due-patent-infringements/)

Well this is random.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for pantent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Fxeni on May 15, 2014, 04:51:45 AM
Man Philips, take it easy. First the CDi games, now this...
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for pantent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 15, 2014, 04:53:22 AM
Man Philips, take it easy. First the CDi games, now this...
My question is why they waited so long, unless it's been going on for a while and this is the first anyone has heard of it.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Quickman on May 15, 2014, 05:23:13 AM
I have a feeling that this may end up being settled out of court.  Nintendo certainly has the money and lawyers to do so.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Protoman Blues on May 15, 2014, 05:30:19 AM
Most likely nothing will come of this.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 15, 2014, 05:40:55 AM
Most likely nothing will come of this.
I honestly think the same way.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Flame on May 15, 2014, 07:11:30 PM
Remember that one time that Nintendo got patent trolled and they won so hard the accusers had to actually had to hand over their portfolio of patents?
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Amatiramisu on May 16, 2014, 12:57:48 AM
Yeah this is probably ending with nothing but CDi jokes.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 16, 2014, 01:00:26 AM
Yeah this is probably ending with nothing but CDi jokes.
That's literally how I broke my friend out of confusion/shock that this is a thing. 
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Quickman on May 16, 2014, 01:02:14 AM
Hey, remember when Uri Gellar sued Nintendo?  Yeah, he lost and it was settled out of court.  The only possible consequence of that suit was that Kadabra hasn't appeared in the TCG since Sky Ridge.  Now if you'll excuse me, I have an Uri Gellar of my own to raise... 8D
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Amatiramisu on May 16, 2014, 01:05:23 AM
I'm with you on that question of why they're waiting so long. I mean, if this has to do with the Wiimote motion tech... They're like eight years late.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Quickman on May 16, 2014, 01:07:28 AM
Also, the Wiimote uses BluTooth, whereas I'm pretty sure the CDi's wireless controllers were infrared.  BluTooth wasn't really a thing at that time.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Amatiramisu on May 16, 2014, 01:11:37 AM
IIRC, Nintendo also had a patent problem with the GameCube's dual sticks. (Don't quote me on that though.)

Nintendo's got problems with controllers, man.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Mirby on May 16, 2014, 05:28:43 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/YCEQOqz.png)

This is the art describing one of the patents Nintendo is supposedly infringing on.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Quickman on May 16, 2014, 05:37:35 AM
HOW DARE THEY INFRINGE ON BAD MSPAINT DRAWING PATENTS :W

So, what I gather from that pic is that Nintendo is supposedly infringing on motion controls.  News flash, Phillips.  I highly doubt you were the first to think of them.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Amatiramisu on May 16, 2014, 05:41:58 AM
Really? What I got from the picture was a girl holding a thermos with an umbrella on it having a staring contest while a burglar/stalker stares at her from out the window presumably planning to steal the scribbly paper just below him.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Mirby on May 16, 2014, 05:43:50 AM
I'm still trying to figure out if that door is inside the room or outside of it.

Seriously it's very confusing.

Also here's the funny thing: The patent that's associated with was granted last year.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 16, 2014, 05:46:51 AM
I'm still trying to figure out if that door is inside the room or outside of it.

Seriously it's very confusing.

Also here's the funny thing: The patent that's associated with was granted last year.
Philips are dumbasses, besides those things have tiny antennas on them.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on May 16, 2014, 06:31:51 AM
But why would they do that when Howard Phillips used to be gamemaster for Nintendo
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 16, 2014, 06:38:10 AM
But why would they do that when Howard Phillips used to be gamemaster for Nintendo
Like I said to my friend they're still sore about the CDi games not doing well. XD
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Hypershell on May 17, 2014, 06:26:00 AM
Well...I'd boycott Phillips, but I don't remember the last time I bought anything of theirs.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: OBJECTION MAN on May 17, 2014, 08:37:29 AM
Also here's the funny thing: The patent that's associated with was granted last year.

It depends on the date they filed it on, not the day its granted. It can take a long time to process.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on May 17, 2014, 08:39:06 AM
I'd boycott Phillips,

Isn't that a bit extreme?
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on May 17, 2014, 08:55:44 AM
Well...I'd boycott Phillips, but I don't remember the last time I bought anything of theirs.
Last things I had was a TV I had since Kindergarten and some okay headphones.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Quickman on May 17, 2014, 09:16:23 AM
My all-regions DVD player is a Phillips.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on June 21, 2014, 04:12:57 AM
http://www.nintendolinked.com/nintendo-uk-loses-motion-controls-patent-ruling-philips/ (http://www.nintendolinked.com/nintendo-uk-loses-motion-controls-patent-ruling-philips/)

Okay.......
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Hypershell on June 21, 2014, 04:35:22 AM
(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/123441/2383015-godzilla_facepalm.jpg)

...
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Mirby on June 21, 2014, 05:14:37 AM
i don't see how they won

when even their european patents were made after the wii was already a thing

it's like wat

did the judge even look at the dates? or did he just go OH THESE ARE KINDA SIMILAR, TOTALLY INFRINGING TOTALLY
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: ViperAcidZX on June 21, 2014, 05:47:38 AM
Hey Phillips, come here. Come here. :3

I want to show you something...

[spoiler](http://i.imgur.com/4vbOLEZ.jpg)
GO [tornado fang] YOURSELVES TO HIGH HEAVEN![/spoiler]
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Blue Valkyrie on June 21, 2014, 05:54:46 AM
Lets hope they have a successful appeal, still what the hell...
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on June 21, 2014, 06:11:55 AM
Wow big deal, stop overreacting.

Also Hypershell, demotivational pictures stopped being amusing years ago.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: OBJECTION MAN on June 21, 2014, 09:34:42 PM
Hype loves his Godzilla though. And Iris... And Daisy...
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Hypershell on June 22, 2014, 04:54:32 AM
Very very true.

Wow big deal, stop overreacting.

Also Hypershell, demotivational pictures stopped being amusing years ago.
Ruri, you know me better than that by now.  Since when have I NOT been exhuming old jokes out of their graves?

And boo-hoo, other people are having opinions and fun the wrong way.  I'm pretty sure policing the forums as to whether or not we are using the proper trending image style is a lot more of an overreaction than anything else posted above.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on June 22, 2014, 05:34:55 AM
Ruri, you know me better than that by now.  Since when have I NOT been exhuming old jokes out of their graves?

And boo-hoo, other people are having opinions and fun the wrong way.  I'm pretty sure policing the forums as to whether or not we are using the proper trending image style is a lot more of an overreaction than anything else posted above.

Hypershell, you know me better than that by now.  Since when have I NOT been complaining about things no one cares about?

If I don't do it then things like that would be seen as the standard and that's just not right, it's not an overreaction its a serious threat to the future of this forum's quality.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Hypershell on June 22, 2014, 05:47:38 AM
Hypershell, you know me better than that by now.  Since when have I NOT been complaining about things no one cares about?
Well, never.  I just could have sworn that you used to be better at it.

Have a cookie, dear, and we'll try again later. :cookie:
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on June 22, 2014, 06:56:53 AM
Well, never.  I just could have sworn that you used to be better at it.

I think you're confusing me with someone else.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: The Drunken Dishwasher on June 22, 2014, 12:31:53 PM
I don't think you're willing to put the effort to keep your game up to be honest.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on June 22, 2014, 12:53:30 PM
I'm not sure which, um, game you are referring to but lately I've found myself without the motivation to play video games, so if there is some game I'm apparently playing I must agree that I would not be willing to put effort in at all.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Fxeni on June 22, 2014, 04:05:26 PM
Preeeetty sure he was never quite good at it, Hypershell.

As for the suing thing, that's an odd ruling. Well, guess we'll see how the other court sessions go.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Blue Valkyrie on June 22, 2014, 05:51:11 PM
Preeeetty sure he was never quite good at it, Hypershell.

As for the suing thing, that's an odd ruling. Well, guess we'll see how the other court sessions go.

Like it said in the article, Nintendo is planning an appeal; so who knows might turn out okay for them after all. If the appeal fails I'm sure they will settle or whatever the term is.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Flame on June 23, 2014, 09:45:07 AM
wow, that was a troll copyright lawsuit if I ever saw one, and the Judge took it hook line and sinker.
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Archer on June 26, 2014, 12:25:34 AM
or maybe you guys are just wrong
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Flame on June 26, 2014, 12:52:32 AM
Maybe. But I dont see them suing Sony for their Wiimote knockoff.

Considering Phillips history with Nintendo it's hard to not see it as an intentional, personal attack on Ninty
Title: Re: Philips sues Nintendo for patent infringement and wants to ban Wii U sales
Post by: Sakura Leic on June 26, 2014, 12:56:15 AM
The problem is that the information is a bit scarce about this subject.  It seems that this has been going on for a while, at least 2012 at the latest, and that Philips also sued Germany and France along with the UK and US.