On Wednesday a federal jury ruled in favor of Anascape, a small East Texas-based gaming company, in a lawsuit that was originally filed in 2006, the Associated Press reports. The jury found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape"s patent while designing its Wii Classic, WaveBird and Gamecube controllers.

Nintendo will seek an appeal in a bid to have the $21 million award "significantly" reduced, according to a spokesperson, who said that the company was pleased that no infringement was found with the motion-sensing technology used in its Wii Remote and Nuncheck controllers.

Anascape also sued Microsoft for patent infringements on game controllers but reached a confidential agreement with the firm before the start of the trial against Nintendo.