Hillcrest Labs has submitted a patent-infringement complaint against Nintendo and its popular Wii game system with the U.S. universal Trade Commission, and said it has filed a separate patent-infringement suit against Nintendo in the U.S. District Court in Maryland.

“While Hillcrest Labs has a great deal of respect for Nintendo and the Wii, Hillcrest Labs believes that Nintendo is in clear violation of its patents and has taken that action to protect its intellectual property rights,” the company

Three of the Hillcrest patents at issue pertain to a handheld three-dimensional pointing device, while the fourth covers a navigation interface display system that graphically organizes subject matter for display on a television. Company spokesman Jeremy Pemble said that Hillcrest’s legal actions include requests for damages as well as an injunction that would block Japan-based Nintendo from importing its Wii gaming console and Wii remote into the United States.

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