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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent infringement

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    Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:46pm EDT

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    Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to look into Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations that Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) infringed Hillcrest's patents in making its popular Wii video game, the ITC said on Wednesday.

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    Hillcrest has accused Nintendo of infringing four patents to make the top-selling Wii game console. Hillcrest made the filing to the ITC, which has the power to bar products such as the Wii from the United States if they are made with infringed technology.

    Hillcrest filed a similar lawsuit in August in the U.S. District Court in Maryland.

    Nintendo said that it respected the patents of other companies, and did not infringe on Hillcrest's intellectual property. "Nintendo intends to vigorously defend this action," it said in a statement.

    Hillcrest had no immediate comment.

    Rockville, Maryland-based Hillcrest has created motion-detecting technology allowing users to select items on a screen by waving a handheld device.

    The Wii features a motion-sensing controller that lets users direct on-screen play by swinging it like a bat or a tennis racket. The console has been a huge success since its 2006 launch.

    Hillcrest has said other leading consumer electronics companies, including Eastman Kodak (EK.N), had licensed its technology.

    (Reporting by Diane Bartz; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Brad Dorfman)
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