Nintendo today announced it has obtained the patent portfolio of IA Labs, the company -- or "patent troll," as Nintendo puts it -- that sued Nintendo back in April 2010 for allegedly infringing upon two of its patents.
At the time of the original lawsuit, IA Labs claimed it had suffered "irreparable harm" due to Nintendo's infringement, which involved the Wii and a variety of its peripherals, including the Wii Remote and Balance Board. Despite the allegations, a trial court sided with Nintendo in a February 2012 ruling and ordered IA Labs to pay some of Nintendo's legal fees. IA Labs appealed the decision but an appeals court upheld the decision last June, with that judgment ordering IA Labs to again pay more of Nintendo's legal fees.
http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ign/all/~3/bj5C6DjwomA/nintendo-obtains-patent-trolls-portfolio-following-failed-lawsuit
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