A jury in Dallas, Texas has declared a verdict on the lawsuit that involved Nintendo of America for the use of its motion-sensing accelerometer found in the Wii Controllers, which was an infringement in tech from iLife Technologies Inc.
iLife Technologies Inc. and Dallas-based law firm Munck Wilson Mandala filed a $144 million patent infringement against Nintendo of America 4-years ago, and after deliberating, the jury declared that Nintendo will be paying $10 million to iLife Technologies Inc.
iLife Technologies Inc. uses its tech to monitor infants to help prevent sudden infant death syndrome and to help elderly by watching out for falls as Rolling Stone reports. iLife Technolgies Inc. argues its tech could be used in other applications and is the reason why they proceeded with their case against Nintendo.
iLife originally sought for $4 in royalty per unit, tied to 36 million Wii systems sold in 6 years before they filed the lawsuit. Nintendo’s argument according to Rolling Stone was invalid because the written description in the patent wasn’t properly written.
