Nintendo Loses Appeal Against Motion Control Patent Case

It wasn't very appealing.

By Hope Corrigan

Nintendo has lost one of its appeals in regards to a motion-sensing accelerometer patent held by iLife.

RollingStone reports that the U.S Court of Appeals upheld the decision made by a Texas jury back in August, to award iLife $10 million in damages stating Nintendo infringed on a patent belonging to iLife Technologies with its Wii and Wii U systems.

This began nearly 4 years ago when iLife filed a $144 million infringement case against Nintendo for what it believes was an infringement against its patent regarding motion-sensing technology, which is used to monitor infants and the elderly.

Nintendo has argued the patent was invalid due to an improperly written description, however, this defense has been denied by this ruling.

This verdict means that Nintendo loses one of its avenues for appeal against the now $10 million case, but it can try again after the presiding trial judge has issued her judgment.

Nintendo is no stranger to patent infringement cases, with an accessory company also raising a case against the Switch's design earlier this year, and has previously stated that the company would "vigorously defend its innovations against patent lawsuits," when faced with similar lawsuits.

Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch.

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