February 5th, 2009 by Justin McElroy
Nintendo’s lawyers have finally done what countless children of the ’80s only dreamed of: silenced the maniacal, mocking laughter of the Duck Hunt dog. … Or at least they’ve quieted the canine on iPhones, having a clone of the classic removed from the App Store after only a month of availability.
Let this serve as a reminder to all who might try a similar stunt … there’s only room for one company in this industry to coast on the past successes of Nintendo.
Nintendo busts a cap in iPhone Duck Hunt originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 22nd, 2008 by David Hinkle
Filed under: News, Peripherals
Remember that recent lawsuit that didn’t work out in Nintendo’s favor? Then they tried to appeal and failed? Yeah, things aren’t looking so hot for Nintendo right now. And the latest on this debacle, courtesy of Bloomberg, doesn’t look good for the house that Mario built.
U.S. District Judge Ron Clark denied Nintendo’s appeal for a new trial. In Lufkin, Texas, Clark said that he planned to ban further sales of Nintendo’s Wii Classic Controller, WaveBird controller and Nintendo GameCube, but must wait for another appeal from Nintendo (this one is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) to go through. Judge Clark is set to issue this ban tomorrow, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account, which will then stop the ban.
Thankfully for Nintendo, the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers both have been recognized as not violating Anascape’s patent. So, sales of each of these peripherals should not be affected by all of this.
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