Philips seeks Wii U ban in the US after it claims Nintendo copied patents

[ChikoLad]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ph...-claims-nintendo-copied-patents/1100-6419650/

This is pretty important.

I don't think Nintendo is wrong here, this is just the usual abuse of "idea patenting". I also don't think the Wii U ban will happen, but Philips may get a lot of money from Nintendo as compensation.

While going up against Nintendo in court is normally something to be pitied, Nintendo did lose to another company who claimed Nintendo copied their patents to make the 3DS's 3D technology possible.

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

That's so stupid! These smaller companies need to stop acting like a buncha crybabies against Nintendo.

 

[R0Y]

I really hope Nintendo fights this, just garbage.

 

[Twewy]

That's so stupid! These smaller companies need to stop acting like a buncha crybabies against Nintendo.

Not to take Philip's side, but they're a slightly bigger company than Nintendo.

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

Not to take Philip's side, but they're a slightly bigger company than Nintendo.

That actually makes it worse. Companies have been trying to dethrone Nintendo for YEARS!!

 

[Oracle_Summon]

Here is a link to the Case Documents if anyone is interested:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/224095177/Koninklijke-Philips-N-V-et-al-v-Nintendo-et-al

 

[mimgrim]

My question is, why just Nintendo?

Like seriously. Sony has their own motion thing now IIRC, and MS has Kinect.

And hell. Nintendo had pointing controller at the screen way back in the days of the NES with Duck Hunt.

The only way the Philips can win is by stupidity. e_e

 

[Twewy]

Because Philips knows they would lose if they sued an even bigger company than them.

 

[Sarki Soliloquy]

No chance in hell a limited Wii U sales embargo's going to happen. What would Phillips even do with the damages? I haven't heard there name attached to a technological product for a long time. Maybe it's just me. Besides, there's enough clarification to show that the ideas Phillips is patent trolling over now goes across all modern game consoles (Kinect, PS Move).

I mean, Nintendo just struck down another one of these egregious lawsuits as late as yesterday!

 

[Mega Bidoof]

Wait a minute.....
Philips?


Oh no....

Spoiler

They hath returned, and seek to ruin Nintendo's sacred name once more!!!

HIDE!!!

 

[Sarki Soliloquy]

Just you wait. Phillips will propose a compromise with Nintendo in the court hearing. They will gain regional IP rights to all of Nintendo's franchises. You know what this means? We're getting a successor to The Faces of Evil!

 

[Twewy]

CDi Link for Hyrule Warriors.

 

[IanTheGamer]

Nintendo getting sued, what else is new, and who is doing that to them, it's Phillips, Wait a second.......Phillips???!!!!! OH NO!!!!!!!!! *CDI zooms in as Dramatic Cue D plays*

 

[R0Y]

...

Some old judge in way over his head in the UK sided with Phillips... Nintendo's intending to appeal these idiots.

These fights are happening in the US, UK, France, and Germany.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...infringed-philips-patents-u-k-court-says.html

Absurd.

I hope Nintendo wins on appeal and gets the patent portfolio and damages for having to waste time on this.

 

[Malkior7]

yeah I read about that. it's utter blasphemy

 

[Sarki Soliloquy]

Nintendo better win the US case or they are in deep ****. That one determines if Phillips can embargo the Wii U in the largest console market in the world, the United States. If that shuts down all future software sales too (including SSBU), I will be very pissed off as a consumer and fan.

Glad Nintendo made a PR statement that they are going to go to any financial means necessary for their business to continue undisturbed by a potential Phillips ruling.

 

[TheGoldMan]

The ban is not going to happen, but if it did, RIP NINTENDO.

 

[Crazc]

i already pre-ordered both ****ing games

put one-day shipping on the wiiu bundle

my total was $165.34

i better get a goddamn refund if nintendo gets whooped in court

 

[CheapMovieMonster]

Figures, Nintendo was willing to give Phillips their characters for their use and yet I'm sure when those CD-i games were released Nintendo received some of the criticism that the games had received themselves and is most likely the basis as to why Nintendo almost NEVER releases their games on any console other than their own anymore; I guess it's not much of a surprise that now that same companies that already hurt Nintendo far in the past due to Nintendo's kindness seeks to hurt their image once again nearly 20 years after "those things" happened.
I don't know if I should be disgusted or disappointed with Phillips.

 

[Yakko93]

I highly doubt this will pass. Phillips is also probably still sore over Hotels and Harkinians and Toasters and Dinners.

 

[R0Y]

It's incredibly dumb that it passed in the UK....I hope Nintendo wins on appeal with a competent judge.

Germany, France, and USA too....man **** Phillips, these patents are BS.

Seriously, only know them for their electric razors now, but never buying a product from them again if I can help it, they're acting like a patent troll.

 

[mimgrim]

Wait. Phillips is actually winning? ****ing how?

 

[R0Y]

Wait. Phillips is actually winning? ****ing how?

Some senile judge in over his head in the UK, I doubt it happens elsewhere and Nintendo might win on appeal (and they've already said they're going to appeal.)

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

If Nintendo does happen to lose, what would happen?

 

[LasermasterA]

If Nintendo does happen to lose, what would happen?

Nooooooooo!

That can't happen! NEVER!

I doubt that judge was thinking clearly that day, these infringements seem more to be a case of the Kinect or Playstation Move rather than Nintendo. Philips is just one of those companies trying to take the negative media bias against Nintendo and leverage it for itself! Didn't expect such a big company to become a patent troll though!

 

[Claire Diviner]

Phillips be having more salt than a bag of bacalao over their failure of the CD-i systems and the Mario and Zelda games they congealed in their bathroom somewhere. So they take their pent up frustration of 20+ years out on Nintendo.

 

[Booster]

Great, I bought my Wii U for nothing. Guess I can say I have a collectible, assuming I can hide it.

 

[Saikyoshi]

To play devils' advocate for a second, the CD-i Mario and Zelda games didn't start getting their so-bad-it's-horrible reputation until 2006. They actually got moderate to favorable reviews in 1993. There were a number of reasons the CD-i console failed, but Zelda and Mario weren't among them.

 

[JusticeColde]

Phillips is only suing for money. Asking for a ban is the most convincing thing they can do to trick Nintendo into a settlement.
I don't believe that a full-on ban would realistically happen.