Microsoft Sued for Kinect Patent Infringement. Impulse Technology Says Motion-Sensing Technology Belongs to Them; When Will the Patent Wars End? Microsoft has allegedly infringed on several patents owned by an Ohio company called Impulse Technology, particularly those involving motion-sensing relative to a multi-dimensional space.
Impulse Technology has filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the state of Delaware, claiming that Microsoft has violated seven of its patents, issued from 2000 through 2010. The company has also included game developers and publishers as respondents, including EA, Ubisoft and THQ. According to the lawsuit, the respondents have infringed on patents that the company owns, particularly those involving tracking and assessing motion through a multi-dimensional space.
Microsoft has not responded directly, although it claims it has protected the technologies in the Kinect with patents themselves, and that the company tries its best not to infringe on others’ patents. No other details have been shared, although this will be an interesting piece of news to watch, because other companies have also invested in motion- and position-detecting technologies in gaming and other applications.
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