Not sated with having already lost to Nintendo multiple times in the past, Gamevice is back at it again. This time, they've filed a yet another new patent infringement complaint against Nintendo, alleging that Gamevice's patent on attachable game controllers was infringed on by the Nintendo Switch and its Joy-Cons. Not only that, but the company has also appealed the case they lost earlier this month, when the United States Patent and Appeal Board threw out their case, deciding that a company can't patent controller devices that clip on to tablet-like hardware. According to the US International Trade Commission, the complaint was filed under the Tariff Act of 1930, which would prohibit the sale of imported products that infringe upon a pre-existing American patent, meaning if Gamevice is somehow successful in their goal, the Japanese-created Nintendo Switch wouldn't be able to be sold in America. From here, it's up to the USITC to decide if the case is worth investigating, where we might see another months-long court battle kick off once more.

Letter to Lisa R. Barton, Secretary, USITC; requesting that the Commission conduct an investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, regarding Certain Portable Gaming Console Systems with Attachable Handheld Controllers and Components Thereof II. The Proposed Respondents are Nintendo Co., Ltd., Japan; and Nintendo of America, Inc., Redmond, WA.

Source

 

[NicEXE]

patents should forever expire 10 years after a product hits the market. copyrights on video games should expire too after 20 years of age and have to go open source

Copyrights don't go open source after 20 years (they can't). The rights might go to public domain.

 

[chartube12]

Copyrights don't go open source after 20 years (they can't). The rights might go to public domain.

i guess reading is too hard for you. i said they should. Copy rights also don’t expire generally for 100 years

 

[AkikoKumagara]

i guess reading is too hard for you. i said they should. Copy rights also don’t expire generally for 100 years

Source code usually isn't even kept for 20 years, nor should it be required to be, lol!

 

[Deleted User]

i guess reading is too hard for you. i said they should. Copy rights also don’t expire generally for 100 years

That's even dumber.

Typical FOSS entitlement attitude though.

 

[chartube12]

That's even dumber.

Typical FOSS entitlement attitude though.

I don’t know what foss is but i can 99% of the temp is sick of Nintendo’s abuse of power and trolls like you

 

[Deleted User]

I don’t know what foss is but i can 99% of the temp is sick of Nintendo’s abuse of power and trolls like you

Not sure what this """abuse of power""" has to do with some idiotic notion that developers should be forced to open source their products but hey, you're one of those nits who labels anyone who disagrees with them as a "troll" so I shouldn't expect too much from you.

 

[Deleted User]

these guys have the balls to fight with nintendo