Nintendo won a similar patent lawsuit filed by IA Labs in 2010 over the technology in Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Balance Board, Wii Remote, Wii Nunchuk, Wii MotionPlus, Wii Wheel, and Wii Zapper.
A jury in Dallas, Texas decided in favor of iLife Technologies in its patent infringement lawsuit against Nintendo of America on Thursday.
Nintendo also won an appeal in the lawsuit filed by Ohio-based company Motiva over claims that the Wiimote infringed on the company’s patent in 2013.
The court ordered Nintendo of America to pay US$10 million in damages to iLife for infringing on iLife’s motion-sensing patents to create Wii and Wii U controllers. iLife filed the lawsuit in 2013, seeking US$144 million in damages, or US$4 for each of the $36 million Wii systems sold prior to the suit (Nintendo ended production on Wii consoles earlier that year).