Nintendo's Layers be ready like .....

What ?! Nintendo's not going out of business just because they have to pay relatively small damage fees (for their size as a corporation) and royalties for every Switch sold in the US ... 

Lol, this isn't going to end well for them. I bet Nintendo is just sick of this by now but their track record is golden. Don't expect a settlement or a ruling in their favor.

Unless opposing counsel wins and they're client doesn't wish to allow Nintendo to continue. I don't believe it will go that far, but it'd be rather surreal to see Nintendo fall from this.

If the prosecutor manages to bar sales of the Switch, then yes; it could very well spell Nintendo's doom. A lot of R&D went into the Switch, and being told to go back to the drawing board so soon could hurt Nintendo so bad they may never recover.

Then Nintendo only has to pay royalties in America or just design the Switch without detachable joy-cons ... 

It's not the end of the world if Nintendo can't have detachable joy-cons on the Switch anymore ... 

What, the Wikipad thing? Sounds like a crappy way to do it, and I dunno if this would help push sales for whatever this thing is...

Your response is actually well-reasoned, and the device looks like it should have more infringment issues with the dock. However, their other devices are extremely similar. I have not looked at the filing and won't until I get paid to, but you're not the problem on this thread.

You actually can, but I have a hard time believing that it's not already expired art.

Patents like this are ridiculous. The products aren't even in competition. The whole point of patents, as proposed by those who support them, is that it will reward those who make the product by securing them a temporary monopoly on its production. Please somebody, support the justification for this? What damages has Nintendo caused Gamevice by releasing the Switch with detachable controllers? If I were Nintendo's lawyers, I'd focus on the non-existent damages. There is not a single person in the world who said, "I was going to buy a Wikipad, but Nintendo released the Switch so I am going to get that instead." Seriously... 

Well, the device pictured in the second post is a 3D mockup.  Their new device, for which they have raised 12 million in investment capital to bring to market, looks similar in the images posted by twintail but in actuality appears to also use a bridge, this one being of cloth or a strap that likely houses some wiring since Gamevice's Wikipad based items are one device, not two, powered by and commuicating with your phone or tablet via the charge/data port.  This fundamentally alters the device.  The Joy Con are 2 independently functioning devices that *can* be attached to the Switch.  The Wikipad product line, both old and the new device still forthcoming, are singluar devices that act purely as a single phone attachment.  And since this is referrenced in their patent, it already puts them on shaky ground as it draws a sort of line in the sand.  The Wikipad is one devicd, joined by a flexible or rigid bridge that serve as an attachment to your phone.  The Joy Con are two independent, full functioning controllers that have the ability to attach to the console.