Slog - Comments on Nintendo Files Lawsuit Over Leak of Company Secrets http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp Earlier this month, Nintendo filed an incredibly vague lawsuit in King County Superior Court against 1-10 "John Does." The court filing claims the unidentified defendants "misappropriat[ed] trade secrets," but does not give any context about the information that was supposedly leaked. Nintendo also doesn't appear to know the names of the people responsible for the alleged leak, and the suit does not specify whether the "Does" are Washington residents. Nintendo would not comment on the suit, so it's anyone's guess what this is all about. It could be related to massive problems with pirated games on the Nintendo DS, or... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:35:58 -0800 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:07:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Greg How can they possibly sue a group of unidentified people for leaking unspecified trade secrets? It sounds about as effective as trying to sue "some bees" for pollinating some of your fruit trees wrong.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931015 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:50:50 -0800 Comment by Sam Machkovech Jonah and I talked about this before he posted, and he's right, the text of the lawsuit is ridiculously vague. But whoever the defendants are, they must be doing something bad enough that a lawsuit is worth any potential bad PR. I don't think suing news-posting fanboys or small-time hacking hobbyists would be worth the backlash from Nintendo diehards. Keep at it, Jonah. If you need my help, I'll, uh, be playing Rez.

]]> Sam Machkovech http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931019 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:51:52 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels @1, once you file suit, you have the ability to subpoena people and/or depose them so you can figure out who the heck the John Does are. Not true with bees.

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931040 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:56:40 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @1: That made me giggle.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931151 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:22:47 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I always lock the bees inside a cage and waterboard them - so far they've admitted they pulled off 9-11 and conspired to sell Honey to Iran for their nuclear buzz program.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931198 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:31:08 -0800 Comment by Nick Also allows you to file suit before the Statute of Limitations runs. Gets the ball rolling, and, as stated above, empowers the plaintiff by letting them use the power of the court to figure out what's going on.

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931354 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:15:42 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com It could be about the Donkey Kong kill screen. I bet they are headed to go talk to Steve Weibe right now!

Hey Nintendo had their one time lawyer Howard Lincoln take over the company.

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c931637 News Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:43:41 -0800 Comment by Chip It could be a leak of a developer kit or developer system. If an unknown person distributed Nintendo's closely-guarded (and pretty expensive) developer kits they would be sure to be royally pissed off.

]]> Chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c932096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c932096 News Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:40:42 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com Arn't their developer kits hardware based? I mean it's not like you can develop for the Wii or DS without a dedicated hardware kit?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8bitjoystick/71724660/

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c932994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c932994 News Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:48:13 -0800 Comment by Chip True, the hardware component would (probably) be difficult to hack, but there's an SDK portion as well.

]]> Chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c933095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c933095 News Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:50:56 -0800 Comment by bobasp1 @5 You just made me lmao. That was prety funny, but true. We all know it was the bee's and vampires!

]]> bobasp1 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c935103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/nintendo_files_lawsuit_over_leak_of_comp#c935103 News Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:07:16 -0800