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+-   Nintendo Loses Controller Patent Lawsuit-> on Tuesday July 22 2008, @05:33PM kryogen1x

Submitted by kryogen1x on Tuesday July 22 2008, @05:33PM
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kryogen1x writes "Nintendo controller may soon become scarce in the following days after losing in court to Anascape Ltd. over analog sticks in their Wii and Gamecube controllers. From the article:

"The lawsuit concerns the analog sticks in the Classic Controller and GameCube controllers, which Texas-based Anascape Ltd. claims to hold a patent on that Nintendo violated. The court has ruled in favor of Anascape, and U.S. District Judge Ron Clark has rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial. As a result, Clark said he will put a ban on the sale of the controllers (which includes sales of GameCube systems) starting tomorrow, July 23, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account."

Readers may note this isn't the first time the big manufacturers have been targeted in lawsuits involving features in their controllers."
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