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[ggx2ac]

This is a weird one, although it's probably due to patent trolls.

Link: http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...do’s-Win-Confirmed-Patent-Case-Mii-Characters

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 28, a federal appeals court confirmed that the patent asserted against Nintendo by RecogniCorp should never have been granted. The court’s order resolves a patent infringement lawsuit originally filed against Nintendo in 2011, in which RecogniCorp, LLC claimed that Nintendo’s Mii characters employed the same techniques described in the patent for making police sketches of suspects.


“We are very pleased with the court’s decision,” said Ajay Singh, Nintendo of America’s Director of Litigation and Compliance. “The decision marks another case in which Nintendo’s unique ideas overcame unjustified threats of patent infringement. Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products and we will continue to vigorously defend all our products from meritless patent lawsuits.”

 

[Daedardus]

The only stuff you can find about that company is all the court documents pertaining to the lawsuit. Upon reading the appeal it seems that they tried to defend the particular way of encoding/decoding images using a composition of facial features. Court denied the patent based on the fact that encoding/decoding is omnipresent in the digital age and the fact they couldn't demonstrate why this particular method was inventive. Just a classic patent troll trying to make some easy money but getting blocked quite easily.

 

[DriftedPlanet]

The only stuff you can find about that company is all the court documents pertaining to the lawsuit. Upon reading the appeal it seems that they tried to defend the particular way of encoding/decoding images using a composition of facial features. Court denied the patent based on the fact that encoding/decoding is omnipresent in the digital age and the fact they couldn't demonstrate why this particular method was inventive. Just a classic patent troll trying to make some easy money but getting blocked quite easily.

Thanks for the rundown.

Edit: glad it was blocked.