Lawsuit filed against Nintendo over Switch’s detachable controllers

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fatslob-:O said:

SpokenTruth said:

Yeah, that looks like the same one that you posted earlier but one page is the grant page and the other is the application page.  Has the same data either way.

What Game Vice needs to consider is how close their device is to the Gamepad and other tablet with side controller devices.  It could be argued the Game Vice device is a Gamepad (or similiar device) with a detachable controller interface connecting both sides with a bridge).  If detachability is the key differentiator between the Wii U Gamepad and the Game Vice device, it could be argued that the Joycons independant operation is the key differentiator.

The Game Vice controller unit cannot be used indepentantly of the connecting tablet.  Once detached, it has no function and cannot control action on the tablet.  The joycons are independant of the Switch unit and can function and control the Switch unit once detached.

Just even using one patented function without the other party's consent is grounds for infringement ... 

If Game Vice wins then the ball is obviously in Nintendo's court to pay their fair share of the cut or risk having nonattachable units ... 

That's not how it works.  See the Tesla bulb circa 1893.