Lawsuit filed against Nintendo over Switch’s detachable controllers

[Azuren]

fatslob-:O said:

Azuren said:

Fair enough, it could only be patented in America... It could also be patented elsewhere. We'll have to file that under "Known Unknowns".

 

And that would still be a massive undertaking to recall shipped-but-not-sold Switches to redesign them. Enough to put most companies off the idea of trying again.

Patents are usually sovereign grants which only affects trade with a specific nation ... 

If a patent is infringed on there's usually no recall since it's presumably settled in court (or outside) between the corporations so customers still get to keep the product in question, it's just that the defendant (Nintendo) hast to pay the damages and royalties (if Nintendo decides to keep detachable joy-cons) to the plaintiff (Gamevice) ... 

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And if Gamevice doesn't want to settle, doesn't want royalties, and wants to specifically stop the sale of the Switch as it exists right now, that's what will happen in the affected territories should Gamevice win.

 

Now, unless you can respond with something that addresses that outside of "but it doesn't usually do that" despite Gamevice already expressing interest in doing just that, just stop. I'm not interested in getting caught in a repeating discussion.