iLife wants Nintendo Wii patent damages increased by $15m
iLife Technologies has asked a US district court to award an extra $15 million in interest to the $10 million it won against Nintendo of America for patent infringement.
The motion for entry judgment was filed yesterday, October 19, at the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.
Technology company iLife said it is entitled to interest generated from November 2006, when the infringing products were first sold, at a rate of 8.25%. It claimed that was the prime rate in that month.
iLife has requested the payments to account for the period until February 18, 2018, which is the end date “based on the court’s post-trial briefing schedule”.
As reported by WIPR in August, a jury at the Texas court ruled in favour of iLife against Nintendo of America over technology used in the Nintendo Wii.
The jury ruled that Nintendo of America had infringed US patent number 6,864,796 and must pay over $10 million in damages.
In the initial complaint in 2013, iLife stated Nintendo of America had infringed six of its patents relating to a system and method for analysing activity of a body.
Nintendo had countersued and tried to invalidate the patents, including launching unsuccessful suits against Fitbit and Jawbone, which both had a patent licensing agreement with iLife.
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