Patent Law Practice Center

Reexamination Request against Wireless Game Controller Patent among those Filed Week of September 20th

Here is this week’s  installment of Reexamination Requests from Scott M. Daniels, of Reeaxamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor….

The most interesting reexamination request last week was filed against a patent that claims a radio frequency remote game controller and is owned by the Canadian company Eleven Engineering (Ex parte No. 22).  Last November Eleven Engineering and its U.S. subsidiary sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft for infringement of that patent and two others.  The accused games are Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board, Sony’s Playstation3, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360.  The case is before Judge Stark in Delaware and has not progressed beyond the pleading stage.

Another notable request was filed by Volkswagen against a car brake safety patent (Inter partes No. 3).  The patent is owned by 55 Brake LLC who sued 12 major automobile companies for infringement of that patent.  The case is in Idaho and a trial is scheduled to begin in March 2011. (more…)