According to WiiBlog the lawsuit that Hillcrest Labs has files against Nintendo is being taken into serious consideration. Take a look:
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I just received a very interesting email from an exec at HillCrest Labs, the company who’s filing a lawsuit against Nintendo. It appears that the ITC has formally recognized the suit, and will begin an investigation. Here’s a excerpt from the press release:
“The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain video game machines and related three-dimensional pointing devices. The products at issue in this investigation are “Wii” video game systems and accompanying remote controls.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, MD, on August 20, 2008.”
Hillcrest Labs has also formally announced one of the companies that it had been working for. Before they were keeping a tight lid, but it seems that they were developing motion based technology for Eastman Kodak Company. The device is the Kodak Theatre HD Player which utilizes HillCrest’s HōME and Freespace™ for potential point-and-clicking features.
“The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain video game machines and related three-dimensional pointing devices. The products at issue in this investigation are “Wii” video game systems and accompanying remote controls.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, MD, on August 20, 2008.”
Hillcrest Labs has also formally announced one of the companies that it had been working for. Before they were keeping a tight lid, but it seems that they were developing motion based technology for Eastman Kodak Company. The device is the Kodak Theatre HD Player which utilizes HillCrest’s HōME and Freespace™ for potential point-and-clicking features.
You can read the entire post here.