A Philips representative confirmed that the document requesting a trial to defend two patents is real, and Philips is suing Nintendo.

"Yesterday, we expanded our lawsuit against Nintendo for infringement of 2 patents in the field of motion control to the USA, after earlier filings in 2012 and 2013 in Germany, UK and France," the Philips representative told IGN. "Philips owns several patents in the field of motion gesture and pointing control and makes these patents available to manufacturers of remote controls, TV sets, game consoles and set-top boxes through our licensing programs."We have tried to come to an agreement with Nintendo since 2011. However, after several rounds of negotiations, we have not reached a license agreement. This left Philips with no other option than to take these legal steps to defend our intellectual property rights."Nintendo declined to comment.

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Technology company Philips has allegedly filed a complaint against Nintendo stating that the latter has infringed on two Philips patents in the U.S., according to a document on Scribd. According to the alleged complaint, which was posted on a Neogaf forum , the patents claim "protection for an interactive system for which a user can remotely control devices in an intuitive manner." These patents supposedly prevent the production, use, sale or import of "human-computer interaction systems" in the judicial district of Delaware.Philips' complaint states that the Wii, Wii U and related equipment make use of technology protected under these patents. Section 16 of the complaint states that Nintendo possibly infringed on one of the patents, patent '379, deliberately. The Japanese company was aware of the infringement no later than Dec. 16, 2011, according to the document.Philips is supposedly asking for compensation of up to three time the damages caused by Nintendo's alleged infringements, in accordance with 35 U.S. Code, which states that the court may allow up to that amount.IGN has reached out to both companies for comment, and will update this story with any further information.

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