Wiimote vs. The Loop? Nintendo sued for Patent Infringement Again

Posted by Dan on August 20, 2008

Yes. Again. Over a controller. But not over the Wavebird controller for N64 this time…. no it’s over the Wii Remote or “Wiimote” as Nintendo is currently being sued for trademark infringement over (by the owners of the Weemote).

But unlike the Wii/Wee-mote case, this is a patent infringement claim. According to Cnet, Hillcrest Labs “has filed a complaint for patent infringement with the U.S. International Trade Commission, as well as a separate patent infringement suit in a U.S. District Court in Maryland regarding Nintendo’s video game console.” We’ll carry more, including the complaint and attached exhibits, after the break:

According to Cnet’s discussion of the article, Hillcrest released the following statement: “While Hillcrest Labs has a great deal of respect for Nintendo and the Wii, Hillcrest Labs believes that Nintendo is in clear violation of its patents and has taken this action to protect its intellectual property rights,”

We have the following information on the case in the District Court of Maryland:

Docket number 8:08-cv-02188-RWT,
Name: Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al,
Presiding Judge, Roger W Titus, presiding.
Filing: It was filed 8/20/08.
Counsel of record: Hillcrest is being represented by Larry Ilag of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner LLP, the Washington D.C. office.
The nature of the suit is an 830 Patent infringement claim, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via Federal Question jurisdiction.

We’re uploading the complaint now (over 100 pages with attachments). View the complaint and exhibits below. All docs in PDF format.