Hillcrest Laboratories has convinced the International Trade Commission to investigate Hillcrest’s allegations that the Nintendo Company infringed four patents in making its Wii video game console.

Hillcrest, based in Rockville, Md., has motion-detecting technology that enables users to select items on a screen by waving a hand-held device. This is very much like the motion-sensing controller in the Wii that lets users direct on-screen play e.g. by swinging a golf club in a simulated golf game.

The International Trade Commission has the power to ban products from the United States if they are made with infringing technology. It’s not clear how that impacts on Nintendo, a company based in Kyoto, Japan…

Source: Reuters, “Japan: Nintendo’s Patents Challenged”, The New York Times, September 18, 2008

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