Nintendo faces patent suit regarding the Wii

With the multiple patent infringement lawsuits (such as Sony facing at least two concerning Blu-ray) being tossed around lately, it seems that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

Lonestar Inventions has said that the Wii infringes on a patent it holds for a “high capacitance structure in a semiconductor device.”

The said patent was granted back in 1993 and shows the implementation of a method which triples the effectiveness of parallel plate capacitors through the use of layers of conducting strips.

This is not the first time Lonestar has sued other companies with regards to this patent. The said company have already sued Texas Instruments and Marvell Semiconductor over this issue before. Both cases were eventually settled, however.

Also just this month, the company sued Eastman Kodak Company alleging infringement of the patent in question. Given these, we can’t help but say that this company is no stranger to litigation. Nintendo, on the other hand, has not commented on this issue.

Not much details have come to the public’s attention, so it’s hard to tell if Lonestar Inventions does have a legal case with this. Hopefully, more news will turn up to enlighten the general public. Be sure to keep checking back here for the latest development on this matter.

Via Gamespot

With the multiple patent infringement lawsuits (such as Sony facing at least two concerning Blu-ray) being tossed around lately, it seems that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

Lonestar Inventions has said that the Wii infringes on a patent it holds for a “high capacitance structure in a semiconductor device.”

The said patent was granted back in 1993 and shows the implementation of a method which triples the effectiveness of parallel plate capacitors through the use of layers of conducting strips.

This is not the first time Lonestar has sued other companies with regards to this patent. The said company have already sued Texas Instruments and Marvell Semiconductor over this issue before. Both cases were eventually settled, however.

Also just this month, the company sued Eastman Kodak Company alleging infringement of the patent in question. Given these, we can’t help but say that this company is no stranger to litigation. Nintendo, on the other hand, has not commented on this issue.

Not much details have come to the public’s attention, so it’s hard to tell if Lonestar Inventions does have a legal case with this. Hopefully, more news will turn up to enlighten the general public. Be sure to keep checking back here for the latest development on this matter.

Via Gamespot