In Texas Patent Case, $10M Verdict Against Nintendo Vacated

Mealey's (January 23, 2020, 2:22 PM EST) -- DALLAS — A patent relating to body movement detection was declared ineligible under Section 101 of the Patent Act on Jan. 17 by a federal judge in Texas, in a win for Nintendo of America Inc., who was ordered by jurors in 2017 to pay a patent owner $10.1 million in reasonable royalty damages (iLife Technologies, Inc. v. Nintendo of America Inc., No. 13-4987, N.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10018)....