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Back in 2013, we reported that Nintendo was being sued over technology found in its Nintendo 3DS handheld console, specifically that of its glasses-free 3D technology that allowed gamers to play 3D games on it without requiring any additional accessories. The courts ultimately found Nintendo guilty and awarded Seijiro Tomita USD30.2 million in damages. Now according to reports, it seems that not only did Nintendo have to fork out that whopping amount of money in damages, but it seems that if the company wishes to continue selling and producing its Nintendo 3DS system, they will have to pay Tomita royalties.

This was ruled by a court in the US who decided that Nintendo had to pay Tomita 1.82% of the wholesale price of the Nintendo 3DS for every unit sold, from now until the end of the console’s life. 1.82% admittedly does not sound like a lot of money, but when you’ve sold millions upon millions of units, it really does start to add up. However we guess it is better than the judge ruling that a flat amount had to be paid out, especially since the console’s price is expected to dip in the future as demand wanes and as technology becomes cheaper, which the judge in question, Jed Rakoff, thought would be an “unearned windfall” to Tomita if that were to happen. It is unclear if Nintendo plans to fight this but for now, it looks like Nintendo will have to start reaching into their pockets.

Percentage Of Nintendo 3DS Sales To Be Paid To Tomita As Royalties original content from Ubergizmo.

About a month ago we reported on an interesting iPhone accessory called the Typo, which was basically a case for the iPhone that gave it a physical keyboard. What helped the device gain more attention was the fact that it was partially funded by celebrity and television host, Ryan Seacrest, who invested in the company and its products.

While the Typo case does seem like a great idea, unfortunately its design is reminiscent of BlackBerry’s keyboard which is used prominently in the company’s handsets, such as the BlackBerry Q10, for example, which is why it does not come as a complete surprise to learn that BlackBerry has decided to sue Typo over the alleged infringement of BlackBerry’s keyboard design. (more…)

BlackBerry Files Lawsuit Against Typo Over Keyboard Design original content from Ubergizmo.

As you might have heard, Nokia has recently won a series of legal battles against HTC in which several of HTC’s products have since been banned from being sold and had to be taken off the shelves of retailers. Nokia has never been shy about making jibes about their competitors, as we have seen in the past from several of Nokia’s advertisements, and this time it is no different. In a statement released by the Finnish company over their latest win in Germany, Nokia was pretty much all business about how they were pleased with the results of the courts which basically ruled in their favor, only to end with a humored jab at HTC, stating, “HTC’s first New Year’s resolution for 2014 should be to stop this free riding and compete fairly in the market.”

Over the past couple of months and years, we have seen huge tech companies battle it out against one another in the courtrooms. The notable is probably the Apple vs. Samsung case which is still ongoing. We had also recently heard how Google had filed a complaint against the Rockstar patent consortium (owned by companies such as Apple and Microsoft) essentially likening them to the patent trolls that we have seen in the past. Will 2014 be any different in terms of legal battles? We doubt it, if anything the competition is just getting stiffer and we would be surprised if it were anything less.

Nokia Thinks HTC’s New Year Resolution Should Be To Stop Infringing On Patents original content from Ubergizmo.

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EA’s Battlefield 4 is currently facing a host of legal problems. Technically the first lawsuit filed against the publisher over the game was what we reported a couple of weeks ago, although before that a law firm launched their own investigations as to whether a lawsuit should be filed, but it seems that 2013 has yet to come to a close and EA has since had another lawsuit filed against them. Law firm Brower Piven has announced their plans to file a class action lawsuit against EA claiming that the publisher knew about the problems n Battlefield 4 before its release, but chose to release it anyway. The lawsuit has yet to be filed but they are currently exploring their options.

The lawsuit, if filed, is essentially the same thing we’ve been hearing in the past, which is how EA’s statements on Battlefield 4 were misleading before and after the launch of the game, which the complainants believed were made in order to raise the prices of EA’s stocks. Analyst Timothy Green of The Motley Fool now believes that the franchise has since been tarnished, and that gamers in the future are more likely to pick Activision’s Call of Duty franchise over Battlefield. For those hearing about this for the first time, EA’s Battlefield 4 has been riddled with bugs since its release to the point where the published had to put a halt to future DLCs in a bid to quash the bugs and rectify all problems before proceeding.

Some claim that EA’s rushed efforts were because they wanted to beat Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts to the punch, and while we guess they managed to do that, we’re not sure if we would consider that to be a victory.

EA Faces Another Potential Lawsuit Over Battlefield 4 original content from Ubergizmo.