US Court Nullifies Patent Troll’s Case Against Wii Remote

In 2013, iLife Technologies claimed that Nintendo infringed on six patents. The company said the Wii Remote infringed some of these patents.

In 2017, a USD10.1 million jury award was awarded to iLife Technologies. After an appeal, the court has decided to nullify this award, as the concept of using motion sensors to detect motion is too broad.

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On Jan. 17, a federal court in Dallas ruled that a patent asserted against Nintendo’s Wii Remote was not valid. The court concluded that iLife Technologies Inc. was impermissibly trying to cover the broad concept of using motion sensors to detect motion. The ruling nullifies a $10.1 million jury award against Nintendo from 2017.

The invalidated patent was the last of six patents that iLife Technologies Inc. originally asserted against Nintendo in 2013. The Patent Office found the other five invalid in 2016.

“Nintendo has a long history of developing new and unique products, and we are pleased that, after many years of litigation, the court agreed with Nintendo,” said Ajay Singh, Nintendo of America’s Deputy General Counsel. “We will continue to vigorously defend our products against companies seeking to profit off of technology they did not invent.”