In its Wednesday ruling in a patent-infringement lawsuit involving Nintendo, a New York federal jury said that Nintendo had infringed on the `glasses-free 3D technology' which has been patented by Japanese inventor Seijiro Tomita.

The jury said in its verdict - which marked the conclusion of the lawsuit that Tomita had filed against Nintendo in 2011 - that Nintendo had violated on glasses-free 3D displays on its handheld 3DS game system.

Upholding Tomita's claims that he developed the in-dispute patent to make 3D images which can be seen without 3D glasses, the jury asked Nintendo to pay $30.2 million in compensatory damages to the inventor because the company apparently used the mentioned technology in its 3DS gaming consoles.

Despite the fact that Nintendo's attorney Scott Lindvall argued that the 3DS console does not use the vital features of Tomita's patent, the jury found Nintendo liable of infringement on Tomita's patented glasses-free
3D technology. The 3D effect in the console can be adjusted with a slider; thereby bringing the game characters more or less to life.

Responding to the jury's verdict in favor of Tomita, the inventor's attorney Joe Diamante thanked the jurors for their "diligence and hard work;" and added: "It has been a honor to represent Mr. Tomita and to protect his invention."