Reuters: Technology News: U.S. jury finds Nintendo liable for patent infringement

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U.S. jury finds Nintendo liable for patent infringement Mar 13th 2013, 21:47 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Judge cuts Apple award vs Samsung, sets new damages trial Fri, Mar 1 2013 Court denies Apple's motion to reduce damages in VirnetX lawsuit Wed, Feb 27 2013 Developer seeks dismissal of airline's World Trade Center defence Thu, Feb 21 2013 U.S. agriculture wary as Monsanto heads to Supreme Court Fri, Feb 15 2013 U.S.-based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents: study Thu, Feb 14 2013 The logo of Nintendo Co is pictured outside the company headquarters building in Kyoto, western Japan January 7, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK | Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:47pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury in New York on Wednesday found that video game company Nintendo Co infringed an inventor's 3-D display technology patent with its handheld 3DS videogame system. The jury awarded the inventor, Seijiro Tomita, $30.2 million in compensatory damages. The patent relates to technology that Tomita developed for providing 3-D images without the need for 3-D glasses. In opening arguments last month, Tomita's attorney, Joe Diamante, told the jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Nintendo used technology that Tomita developed for its 3DS. Tomita is a former longtime Sony Corp employee. But Scott Lindvall, a defense attorney for the Super Mario Bros franchise creator, argued that the 3DS doesn't use key aspects of Tomita's patent. Lindvall also said a 2003 meeting with Nintendo officials that Tomita cited in his argument was merely one of several the company held with vendors selling 3-D display technology. Tomita, 58, sued Nintendo and its U.S. unit in 2011 for patent infringement. Tomita was not present in the courtroom on Wednesday. "We are thankful to the jurors for their diligence and hard work," Diamante said in an e-mail after the verdict. "It has been a honor to represent Mr. Tomita and to protect his invention." Lindvall declined to comment following the verdict. Nintendo officials were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Bernard Vaughan; Editing by Richard Chang) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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