Leckrone's multiple year licensing program, which we all haven't been extremely happy with at times, may just be our saving grace. Even if some of the licenses were for what many deemed as nuisance fees. Is the old man "Crazy Like a Fox"? It seems he has anticipated most of our obstacles...
The company sued Nintendo in 2008, but Nintendo argued that Motiva had never attempted to use the patents to create its own product or license those patents to other companies. Seeing that Motiva had made no effort to commercialize its patents beyond the suit against Nintendo, the ITC ultimately decided in favor of Nintendo. The ITC ruled in January 2012 that the focus of Motiva's case was to win damages or a settlement, not to license its patents to create usable products. The Court of Appeals agreed with the ITC's findings.