Nintendo Required To Pay $30.2 Million As It’s Found Guilty Of Patent Infringement

<p>Nintendo has been ordered to pay &dollar;30&period;2 million to former Sony inventor&comma; Seijiro Tomita&comma; in regards to infringing his patent for a glasses-free 3D display which the Nintendo 3DS uses&period; This news was revealed by Rueters who reported that a federal jury in New York had held Nintendo to be guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This could has been a lot worse for Nintendo&comma; however&comma; as Seijiro Tomita originally requested that Nintendo would pay him &dollar;9&period;80 for every Nintendo 3DS unit sold which would equate to over &dollar;292 million in total&period; The jury didn&&num;8217&semi;t agree and changed the amount Tomita was to receive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you make of this news&quest; Although it&&num;8217&semi;s a bit off-topic do you even use the 3D capabilities of the 3DS&quest; Let us know&comma; as always&comma; in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reuters&period;com&sol;article&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;13&sol;us-nintendo-patent-infringement-idUSBRE92C1DA20130313">Rueters<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-03-13-nintendo-found-guilty-of-patent-infringement-over-glasses-free-3d">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;e8f763b7-cfc2-4aaa-9a7e-28ccd4d6aa5a" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;