Nintendo’s appeal on reduced US$ 21M verdict denied

Last month, Nintendo was told by the courts to pay Anascape Ltd. the amount of US$ 21 million for patent infringement. They appealed to have the verdict reduced, and now the decision is out. Read more after the jump.

The decision on Nintendo of America‘s appeal regarding the infringement case they lost has been denied. Therefore, the gaming giant will still pay US$ 21 million to Anascape, Ltd.

Let’s trackback a bit on this case, in case you just tuned in now. 2006, Texas-based Anascape Ltd. filed a case against Nintendo of America for supposedly infringing upon Anascape’s patents related to video game controllers. Which controllers, you ask? GameCube‘s, GameCube Wavebird’s, Wii’s Classic controller and remote were the models of infringement
in question.

Nintendo lost last month and was thus ordered to pay the damages mentioned above. At that time, their lawyers were hopeful that they will be able to lower the damages they’d have to pay through an appeal. However just a couple of days ago, this appeal was denied.

In a press release from the firm representing Anascape, McKool Smith, it was divulged that the Hon. Ron Clark of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division, denied defendant’s motion for a reduced verdict. He held that the jury’s award is well-founded on evidence.