Interlink Claims Nintendo’s Wiimote Infringes its Patent

Text of Complaint (December 4, 2006)
Text of Patent ‘221
Adding to the existing spate of console controller patent infringement suits (see related posts below) Interlink Electronics, Inc. has sued Nintendo of America claiming Nintendo is selling products, the Nintendo Wii’s Wiimote, that infringe its patents. The abstract reads, in part:

A device particularly for use with a computer comprises a housing for location at least partly between two fingers of a user’s hand and an electronic circuit mounted on a board within the housing. The circuit includes a switch responsive to pressure selectively to open and close an electronic circuit, and conductive elements arranged on the board mounting the electronic circuit. A first control element is mounted with the housing and responsive to finger pressure such that pressure applied to the first control element causes the element to operate the switch.

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