The Gamevice saga continues. Not content with losing in their infringement case last month, Gamevice dredged their patent claims against Nintendo up again, in hopes of actually winning this time around. After filing with the United States International Trade Commission, the USITC will be moving forward by investigating the claims made by Gamevice that Nintendo is infringing upon their patent of a tablet system with detachable controllers. Previously, the Patent Trial and Appeal board threw out Gamevice's case after investigation, but this latest announcement means that while the merit of the case itself hasn't been determined, a judge will still be assigned to investigate the validity of the claims, even though the US Patent and Trademark Office already ruled that devices that attach video game controllers to tablets is "unpatentable".

By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1197), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.

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[x65943]

If I knew these guys were patent trolls I would have never bought their stuff. I regret buying it anyway - have barely used it in the past 2 years since I bought it.

 

[DANTENDO]

when does donald trump hav the final say

 

[James_]

Oh boy I wonder what's gonna happen next

Once this is over we're gonna be like

 

[The Catboy]

Yeah, this is going to end pretty poorly for them.

 

[SkittleDash]

I hope for Gamevice's bankruptcy by the end of all this.

 

[banjo2]

when does donald trump hav the final say

Final say: yes

 

[Deleted User]

I wonder: how hard are the guys at nintendo laughing at the fact that these guys just won't give up?

 

[Stealphie]

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The Gamevice saga continues. Not content with losing in their infringement case last month, Gamevice dredged their patent claims against Nintendo up again, in hopes of actually winning this time around. After filing with the United States International Trade Commission, the USITC will be moving forward by investigating the claims made by Gamevice that Nintendo is infringing upon their patent of a tablet system with detachable controllers. Previously, the Patent Trial and Appeal board threw out Gamevice's case after investigation, but this latest announcement means that while the merit of the case itself hasn't been determined, a judge will still be assigned to investigate the validity of the claims, even though the US Patent and Trademark Office already ruled that devices that attach video game controllers to tablets is "unpatentable".



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fuck off gamevice

 

[tech3475]

I wonder: how hard are the guys at nintendo laughing at the fact that these guys just won't give up?

Probably more annoyed considering the legal fees.

 

[Deleted User]

Probably more annoyed considering the legal fees.

eh they're gonna win. They always win

 

[Kioku]

What do you when you live in a shoe and you ain't got no sole? Easy! Open a company and call it GameVice!

 

[Agusto101]

Nintendo is fucking laughing or even better not caring even a little

 

[DSoryu]

That company is such a joke.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Keep your hold and strength, Gamevice!
I'm with you til the end!

Teach those assholes from Nintendo that they can't get away with whatever they want, give them a lesson from their own fucking legal medicine!

 

[Jayro]

This whole thing is silly. Many other companies have more blatant ripoff controller designs, so where are those lawsuits?

 

[Deleted User]

why does the us patent and trademark office give patents out for unpatentable things?

 

[DinohScene]

I can't fathom why bullshit like this still happens.

 

[Bladexdsl]

these morons don't give up do they? get ready to lose again!

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Probably more annoyed considering the legal fees.

meh they can afford it

 

[pedro702]

why does the us patent and trademark office give patents out for unpatentable things?

im guessing they got a patent before thing be made unpatentable, sometimes they just kill a patent and make it legal for everyone for market growth and so on, becuase its like someone patented 30 years ago a videogame console that reads cds and then cds become mainstream media they just disable that patent and so on.