Tag: Lawsuit

Nintendo Wins Two Lawsuits

by J.C. Marquez

It looks as if the Wii Fit Trainer earned her first victory early.

IA Labs claimed that the technology used in the Wii Balance Board infringed on their intellectual property (U.S. Patent No. 7,121,982) . After losing its initial case, IA Labs appealed the decision. That course of action turned out to be costly, as The Court of Appeals upheld the original ruling–and forced IA Labs to cover Nintendo’s $236,000 legal bill.

A second court battle came to and end last week as Nintendo won a patent infringement lawsuit filed against them by Triton Tech, who claimed their acceler0meter tech was the same found in the WiiMote Plus controllers and Wii Motion Plus accessories.

After the victory in court, Richard Medway, Nintendo’s deputy general counsel said, “”Nintendo’s track record demonstrates that we vigorously defend patent lawsuits, like the Triton lawsuit, when we believe that we have not infringed another party’s patent. Consumers respect Nintendo because we develop unique and innovative products, and because we respect the intellectual property rights of others.”

 

Source: http://press.nintendo.com/object?id=39310

Paramount Sued By G.I. Joe Writers Who Claims The Sequel Was Stolen

by Shane O'Hare

Just filed last Friday in a California District Court is this juicy little lawsuit. In it, G.I. Joe writers David Elliot and Paul Lovett, are asking, NAY DEMANDING $23 MILLION be paid in damages for creative theft and copyright infringement.

In the complaint, the plaintiffs claim the story of G.I. Joe Retaliation was similar in every material way. The two where hired to write the first Joe film in 2009, but were passed over for the sequel. When retaliation was released, Elliot and Lovett were PISSSED! ( That’s 3 S’s mad. Like a cobra).

I say give the charges a read, the legal description of a “Reboot” is worth it enough. It appears that they are going after EVERYONE, including our friends over at Hasbro. As Geekscape’s Law & Order expert, we will most likely see this settled out of court.

More info as it comes out.

Stan Lee’s Former Company Suing Disney For Billions Over Marvel Characters

by Shawn Madden

Wow, this is surprising. Stan Lee Media Inc., which keep in mind our beloved Stan is no long any part of, has decided to sue Walt Disney over the rights to the Marvel characters. The company is claiming that Disney doesn’t own the rights to the Marvel characters and they want a piece of the $5.5 billion it says the Disney has made from superhero movies and merchandise based on characters created by Stan Lee.

“Defendant The Walt Disney Company has represented to the public that it, in fact, owns the copyright to these characters as well as to hundreds of other characters created by Stan Lee. Those representations made to the public by The Walt Disney Company are false.”

Pretty interesting that they have just decided to speak up now being that they claim these rights were signed over by Mr. Lee back in 1998. Oh, that’s right. Marvel Studios and Disney just recently had the third highest grossing film of all time and now you guys own the rights to these characters? As Mr. Vanko said in Iron Man 2, “When Blood is in the water the sharks will come”.

Oh, and surprising. They also want full control over anything done with these characters in the future. Well, I hope Stan Lee Media Inc. is prepared to get royally screwed by the mouse because Disney is vicious in court.

Source: Deadline