Last week, a Texas company called Lonestar Inventions filed a suit against Nintendo alleging that their new console infringes on a patent that they invented. The company has already gone to court over this patent with Texas Instruments as well as Marvell Semiconductor and Eastman Kodak. The patent, which was issed in 1993, details a space-saving method that triples effectiveness of parallel plate capacitors by using layers of conducting strips. Yeah, I don't know what that means either, but I'm hoping there will be some freak happening where the whole thing will be uncovered on The People's Court. Kim Phu

Nintendo facing new Wii patent suit [Gamespot]