As I wrote on my forum:
That is ridiculous, Anascape has no tangible history, no product to show and Google search turns up zero results about this alleged company.
Just another get rich scheme by filing a vague patent that is poorly written, come up with a phony name for your company, waiting on it until another company creates something remotely similar or has nothing to do with the alleged patent in question, then sue the company for all they can when it becomes successful.
I really hope Nintendo counter sues or appeals, because this most certainly isn't right to say the least since any educated or sane judge/court would of threw this suit out as soon as it entered the court.
In a case like this the patent trolls are always the bad guys, only reason I think people might of called Sony the bad guys is because of their history. Remember Sony has been caught using underhanded tactics, rootkit fiasco, poor
pr and marketing department that hyped the PS3 with pre-rendered shots claiming them as in game when it is actually no better than the Xbox 360 in the graphics department, the fact Sony hasn't came out with and original idea in a while and blatantly copies other companies ideas (Six axis motion sensing failure anyone, Wiimote copycat?) So yes most people's trust in Sony has dwindled because of these reasons which is why they are looked at as the "bad guy" in patent suits.
But in any case the company in the article is an obvious patent troll/hermit who uses the method I explained above to get rich without actually doing anything or creating a product. Patent trolls usually have no tangible company history or a product to show. They just file a vague and poorly described patent, conjure up a phony name for their alleged company, sit back and wait until a successful company comes along and creates something remotely similar or something even unrelated to the patent but sound similar and sues them in court for all they can and get rich quickly without putting any effort into anything.
Why do you ask is it filed in Texas? It's no wonder with how ****ed up Texas's judicial system is with dumb-butt judges and lawyers. Had this case been in any other state it would of been thrown out immediately.