Nintendo Land, the GamePad and cooperative gameplay are discussed in this developer roundtable from E3 2012.

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.
Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.
LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.
It`s all about fun.
The thing that scares me with the Wii U coming into the more advanced hardware/software with their games and system is the fact that many games this gen get released unfinished.
I don't think that the Wii developers were able to patch their games after release, therefore more complete games with minimal glitches.
Now, with more technical developers and money hungry publishers jumping onto the Wii U train, will this lead to unfinished games and overpriced DLC?