Suky said:
Oh,if this is the case, Nintendo is screwed. |
The lawsuit is over the patent for the Wikipad patent, not the Gamevice controller.
A key feature explicitly stated in the patent is a "bridge" section which sits behind the tablet and connects both halves of the controller, which act as one unit. You can even see above in the second photo that the Gamevice controller is one device connected by a strap which sits behind the phone.
Seeing as the Switch Joycons are two separate controllers that individually work and connect to the Switch console, the entire lawsuit hinges on their claim that the Switch console itself is acting as this "bridge" section of the Wikipad controller patent.
If this were the case, there would be no need to mention a "bridge" section in the patent design in the first place, so the suit is without merit.
