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Nintendo sues 5 Japan firms over game equipment

TOKYO
Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:13pm EDT

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Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., speaks at the Nintendo E3 media briefing in Hollywood, California July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., speaks at the Nintendo E3 media briefing in Hollywood, California July 15, 2008.

Credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against five Japanese firms for importing and selling equipment that enables illegal game programs to be played on Nintendo's popular DS portable video game player.

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Nintendo said it filed the lawsuit earlier in the day at the Tokyo District Court together with 54 other Japanese software makers.

(Reporting by Aiko Hayashi)
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