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Nintendo is being sued over alleged patent infringement on the stereographic technology in the 3DS.
As reported by 1UP, the plaintiff is Seijiro Tomita – a former Sony employee who worked for the corporation for nearly 30 years. Mr Tomita is said to have applied for a patent in 2003 relating to naked-eye 3D displays; that patent was awarded in August 2008.
“Mr. Tomita has done substantial research and development in the area of stereoscopic display technology,” says the lawsuit, filed in New York last month. “Among other things, Mr. Tomita invented and developed technology relating to displaying stereoscopic (3-D) images on-screen for viewing with the naked eye, i.e., without utilizing glasses or other devices.”
The filing also states that Tomita is listed as an inventor or co-inventor on over 100 patents worldwide, and that the Japan Patent Office has awarded a similar patent to the one at the centre of the current dispute.
You can read the first four pages of the filing here.
The Big N is no stranger to legal arguments over its hardware. In 2006
Nintendo was sued over the trigger on the Wii remote.
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