A lawsuit against Nintendo brought in by Fenner Investments LTD. has just been tossed out of court by a U.S. District court judge. Fenner claimed that the Wii and Gamecube hardware as well as controllers had infringed on a patent it had registered. The patent was registered for a joystick port interface which according to the government patent website:

"...includes an integrated circuit receiving an analog joystick position measurement signal and outputting a digital pulse signal to a processor which signifies a joystick coordinate value."

From Nintendo:

"Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas, dismissed the case on Monday, and ruled that there was no need for a jury trial. We are very pleased with the court’s decision,” said Rick Flamm, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President, Legal & General Counsel. “Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. We also vigorously defend patent lawsuits when we firmly believe that we have not infringed another party’s patent, despite the risks that this policy entails. I would like to express our sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts of our legal team, which represented us so well.”

Maybe this was similar to Sony's legal entanglements with Immersion?

To read the full patent in question, click here.

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