SinCityAssassin

Member

• Aug 11, 2017

• #1

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/11/nintendo-faces-lawsuit-over-switch-controllers/

Sounds like we got our first Nintendo Lawsuit into the Switch's tenure. Surprised it took this long.

The accessory maker is suing Nintendo for allegedly violating a patent for concepts used in the Wikipad, its gaming-oriented Android slate, as well as its namesake add-on controllers for phones and tablets. According to the suit, the Switch and its removable Joy-Con controllers are too close to Gamevice's vision of a combination of detachable game controller and a device with a "flexible bridge section." Not surprisingly, the lawsuit calls for both damages and a ban on Switch sales.

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If you didn't know who Wikipad are, they make tablet accessories, but they also made a controller you can slip a tablet into to play games on it, which is what they're essentially suing Nintendo over. An accessory they no longer continue to actively sell.

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Frivolously sue me if old.

 

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kuroneko0509

Member

• Aug 11, 2017

• #2

time to sue you
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1418320

 

Maxey

Member

• Aug 11, 2017

• #3

Looking at that design, Sega would have a better case by suing Gamevice for copying the Game Gear design.

 

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ggx2ac

Member

• Aug 11, 2017

• #4

I think you mean Gamevice sues Nintendo.

Anyway, thread up with the same article too and a good summary of details from one of the posters: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1418320&page=1

 

SinCityAssassin

Member

• Aug 11, 2017

• #5

Damn it, I need a lawyer to close this thread.