Nintendo vs. Tomita Technologies International, Inc.

In 2012, Tomita Technologies International, Inc sued Nintendo under the idea that Nintendo had infringed upon one of the 80 patents that the company has acquired. The function in question was Nintendo's use of a specific 3D technologies in their 3DS hand-held video game system. The patent is  entitled "Stereoscopic image picking up and display system based upon optical axes cross-point information," in short, this allows the user to see 3D images on their hand-held device without the need for 3D glasses. But another issue that Tomita had with this infringement is the fact that they believed that Nintendo was well aware that they were using the technology and ideas knowing very well that they were Tomita's property, and continued to do so after the accusations were made. Plus, the founder of Tomita, Seijiro Tomita, presented this idea to Nintendo prior to them plagiarizing it.

In the end, Tomita came out on top and Nintendo was forced to pay $30.2 million in damages and on top of that, they must pay Tomita 1.82% of the sales made through the distribution of their 3DS devices.

The case is still continuing however, because Nintendo is trying to fight back against these accusations. It's not about the money, seeing as Nintendo is a multi billion dollar company, they want to prove that they are not the type company that steals ideas from others. But this case is a perfect example of a small company (Tomita) protecting their intellectual and physical rights and not just a company trying to patent troll.