Wii Banned? - GoFuckYourself.com

munki · 07-23-2008, 11:43 PM

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw....5433&GT1=40000

Quote:

No, I'm not kidding, it's not a gratuitous headline hit-grabber, Nintendo is in fact facing a serious ban on several of the controllers for the Wii as well as GameCube after it lost its legal bid to scuttle a $21 million patent-infringement verdict.

Microsoft was also on the hook at one point, but settled before trial. Nintendo went to trial and lost, and on June 26, District Judge Ron Clark (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas) denied Nintendo's claim that the $21 million payment to Anascape was excessive. Clark also threw out Nintendo's bid for a new trial. He is supposed to issue his ban today.

Blame Anascape Ltd. Or blame Nintendo. Or just blame luckless entropy if you think it's all just some great big coincidence.

What's Anascape? Some firm in Texas without a searchable Web page, for one. Also the owner of patents 5,999,084 ("variable conductance sensor"), 6,102,802 ("game controller with analog pressure sensor"), 6,135,886 ("variable conductance sensor with elastomeric dome cap"), 6,208,271 ("remote controller with analog button"), 6,222,525 ("image controller with sheet connected sensors"), 6,343,991 ("game control with analog pressure sensor"), 6,344,791 ("variable sensor with tactile feedback"), 6,347,997 ("analog controls housed with electronic displays"), 6,351,20 ("variable conductance sensory"), 6,400,303 ("remote controller with analog pressure sensor"), 6,563,415 ("analog sensor with snap through tactile feedback"), and finally, 6,906,700 ("3D controller with vibration").

Did you really just read through all of that? I'm sorry.

But glancing at a few of those, you can kind of see where the issue(s) might be, whether you come down on the side of "to heck with all this silly anticipatory patent law" or all the way over on the other end with a hearty "to heck with Nintendo flouting all that silly anticipatory patent law." Or something.

Here's the skinny on what it actually affects:

* The GameCube or WaveBird controllers, which Nintendo no longer makes.
* The Wii Classic Controller (Nintendo's Charlie Scibetta says the company will still be able to sell it pending Nintendo's appeal).

Here's what it doesn't:

* The Wii Remote (unless paired with the Wii Classic Controller)
* The Wii Nunchuk

How will Nintendo get out of this one? They'll have to either post a bond or put royalties in an escrow account to avoid a sale halt, according to Anascape's lawyer Doug Cawley. Nintendo of course plans to appeal the verdict, claiming it didn't use Anascape's technology.

Would someone just get on with it and put us out of our misery by patenting the universe already?

bloggingseo · 07-23-2008, 11:50 PM

That's absolutely nucking futs!

borked · 07-24-2008, 01:00 AM

someones squatting on a nice anascape.com domain right there....

SBJ · 07-24-2008, 01:21 AM

wow craziness

I still have yet to play Wii.. thought about getting it a few times but it would just collect dust.. my PS3 is only used daily cause it's a blue ray player

munki · 07-24-2008, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Bob Jedi

wow craziness

I still have yet to play Wii.. thought about getting it a few times but it would just collect dust.. my PS3 is only used daily cause it's a blue ray player

I'm with ya... I haven't owned a console since NES.

hypedough · 07-24-2008, 01:24 AM

Glad I already have a classic remote!

RedShoe · 07-24-2008, 01:27 AM

There was a company a long time ago that tried to sue all of us, claiming we were using their technology. They wanted the names and addresses of all us adult webmasters.

We all laughed at the and said "come and get us" They couldn't find us.

So another company helped them out by releasing all our names to them.

Evil E · 07-24-2008, 01:46 AM

I'm sorry RedShoe but I wasn't there when that happened, which company released the names?

tranza · 07-24-2008, 08:22 AM

Thanks for sharing...

Scott McD · 07-24-2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Bob Jedi

wow craziness

I still have yet to play Wii.. thought about getting it a few times but it would just collect dust.. my PS3 is only used daily cause it's a blue ray player

I didn't like the Wii at all. It got boring very quickly.

Every game you seem to do the same fucking thing. I'd rather play Call Of Duty 4 on the PS3 thank you very much...

mikeyddddd · 07-24-2008, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedShoe

There was a company a long time ago that tried to sue all of us, claiming we were using their technology. They wanted the names and addresses of all us adult webmasters.

We all laughed at the and said "come and get us" They couldn't find us.

So another company helped them out by releasing all our names to them.

Acacia and Matrix Content?

07-23-2008, 11:50 PM	#2
bloggingseo Confirmed User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin Posts: 1,793	That's absolutely nucking futs! __________________ Writing mainstream and adult since 2003 Hit me up ICQ 375089597

07-24-2008, 01:00 AM	#3
borked Totally Borked Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,284	someones squatting on a nice anascape.com domain right there.... __________________ For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com (consider figuring out the email as test #1) All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202

07-24-2008, 01:21 AM	#4
SBJ So Fucking Fabulous Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 11,375	wow craziness I still have yet to play Wii.. thought about getting it a few times but it would just collect dust.. my PS3 is only used daily cause it's a blue ray player __________________ Chaturbate - Make tons of money from Cams! *Name Silo - Domains under $9 and free ID protect*

07-24-2008, 01:24 AM	#6
hypedough Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Now running NATS4: HypeDough.com! Posts: 3,743	Glad I already have a classic remote! __________________ Ricky D :: Hype Dough President \| XBIZ.net \| ICQ 172-939-826 AIM+Skype HypeDough \| [NATS4] Kayden420: ['09 '10 '11 XBIZ Nominee \| Exclusive & HD] \| ThePornScout: [Exclusive + Reality \| Amateurs Want to Become Pornstars]

07-24-2008, 01:27 AM	#7
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	There was a company a long time ago that tried to sue all of us, claiming we were using their technology. They wanted the names and addresses of all us adult webmasters. We all laughed at the and said "come and get us" They couldn't find us. So another company helped them out by releasing all our names to them. __________________ SPECIALTY COSTUMES • PROPS • FX Superheroes • Monsters • Robots PM for details For any manufacturing needs. Adult or otherwise. aka BonsHigh on Insta Bonsai weed plants

07-24-2008, 01:46 AM	#8
Evil E Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lazyness is a lifestyle Posts: 3,201	I'm sorry RedShoe but I wasn't there when that happened, which company released the names? __________________ A girl once told me "Give me 8 inches and make it HURT". So, I fucked her twice and hit her with a brick.

07-24-2008, 08:22 AM	#9
tranza ICQ: 197-556-237 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: BRASIL !!! Posts: 57,559	Thanks for sharing... __________________ I'm just a newbie.