Having failed to overturn a $21 million patent infringement suit, Nintendo could have three devices banned: the GameCube, Wavebird, and Classic Controller. The ban concerns controllers that utilize analog sticks, sheet connected sensors, and various other patents. Luckily though, the ban will not affect the Wii nunchuck or remote.

Nintendo challenged the patent contending that they had not used Anascape’s technology during development of the respective three controllers. Jurors remained unconvinced however, and awarded a judgment for the plaintiff citing sufficient evidence.

According to Anascape Ltd. lawyer Doug Cawley, the ban enacted by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark will be placed on hold as Nintendo seeks to appeal the ruling on a federal court level.

Texas-based Anascape Ltd. also named Sony and Microsoft in the lawsuit, yet both settled out of court.

“Nintendo was already planning to appeal this case to the Federal Circuit court,” said Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta. “The recent ruling by the trial court does not impact that decision.”

If Nintendo fails to successfully appeal Clark’s verdict, then they must pay royalties that could easily cost the video game giant millions, perhaps even in excess of the current judgment.

Anascape Ltd, of which nearly nothing is known, argued that Nintendo had breached patent number 5,999,084 for the “variable conductance sensor” from 1999.

Source: Bloomberg

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