by tilinelson2 » Wed May 15, '13, 11:31 pm
I am a bit tired of all those court battles these days, especially when companies fill billions of patents but don't use them, or they sue other companies over generic features. This hampers technological development, and encourage companies to patent lots of things instead of developing products for the consumers.
If this company was a direct Nintendo competitor that had its business ruined by Nintendo use of their technology, it would be okay. However, though the company may have claimed it wanted to establish a "domestic industry", it only sued Nintendo in 2008, 2 years after Wii and its motion sensors were around, and mainly only after Wii use of motion sensors proved to be a success.
That means, it is easy to be wise after the event and claim they could have profitted from technology use when someone else did, but why didn't they sue Nintendo before Wii launch or as soon as it was launched? The same goes for all those court battles between big smartphone and tablet companies. They only started suing each other after their competitors products had a considerable chunk of the market.
A person only sees and hears what he wants to see and hear and disregards the rest.