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Nintendo facing lawsuit over Wii - again

A lawsuit has been filed against Nintendo by a US-based firm, which claims that the Wii tramples over four patents for on-screen navigation and control technology. Hillcrest Labs owns three patents relating to a “handheld three-dimensional pointing device” and another for a “navigation interface display system that graphically …

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Friday 22nd August 2008 12:01 GMT Anonymous Coward

All old hat..

I read about this technology in the early 60s and the Sci Fi books were all old then!

I take it these "patents" are in the US.

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