Philips Electronics today earned a victory over Nintendo in one of the many countries where it is pursuing litigation against the game maker.
U.K. High Court Judge Colin Birss today ruled that Nintendo did in fact infringe on two of Philips's patents for recognizing hand gestures and motion on its Wii console.
Nintendo walked away with only two strikes; Birss said the company did not violate a third patent for modeling a body in a virtual environment, according to Bloomberg.
Neither Philips nor Nintendo immediately responded to PCMag's request for comment.
The game maker, however, told Bloomberg that it believes the two patents are invalid, and intends to appeal the court's decision.
"Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others," the company said. "Nintendo is committed to ensuring that this judgement does not affect continued sales of its highly acclaimed line of video game hardware, software and accessories and will actively pursue all such legitimate steps as are necessary to avoid any interruptions to its business."
That "acclaimed" lineup includes the Wii U, which amassed global hardware and software sales of only 2.72 million and 18.86 million units, respectively, during the last fiscal year. In fact, executives recently blamed the Wii U business "as a whole" for slowing its growth.
Today's U.K. decision comes a month after Philips filed a suit against Nintendo in the U.S., claiming the gaming firm infringed on two of its patents—"Virtual Body Control Device" and "User Interface System Based on Pointing Device."
Philips is seeking damages and an injunction banning Nintendo from "making, using, selling, offering for sale, and importing within the United States" its Wii U console and related products.