News Article  Appeals Court Upholds Nintendo MotionPlus Win Over
"Patent Troll"  Posted by Thomas Whitehead  Nintendo serves up a
low-blow with extra MotionPlus accuracy  Nintendo has a busy
legal team, as its innovative or quirky controllers and
accessories are consistently challenged in patent disputes. The
big N wins these arguments most of the time, and likes to point
it out when it does, this time seeing off an appeal to a court
victory from early 2013.  Last January Nintendo successfully won
a case that was brought by Triton Tech of Texas, which was
focused on MotionPlus technology. As we said at that time the
battle wasn't necessarily over due to the appeals process, but
Nintendo has now issued a press release to confirm that Triton's
appeal has also been thrown out, bringing the saga to a close.
The following is from a press release in which the big N refers
to the appeals win over the "patent troll".  A federal appeals
court on June 13 confirmed that a patent asserted against
Nintendo by Triton Tech