thats what Nintendo get for venturing where no other console manufacture has ventured before

Judges r assholes. Nintendo might have copied, but how amusing to see everyone else who copied Nintendo got in trouble also. Are those patent pictures of Nintendos design patents or the plaintifs?

According to the latest update (same URL as in the OP), Nintendo plans to appeal and post bond as required ... so the Classic Controllers will remain on sale. (As if anyone doubted it, which is why I bought one today).

One thing I don't get is how did Nintendo "clog the channel" when there are plenty of third party GC controlers out there -- both wired and wireless (I have three wireless third-party controllers -- and five Wavebirds. I bought the third-party items because they had rumble.

With the patents this person has, with Sony licensing and Microsoft settling, I am not sure if Nintendo is being stubborn or wants to call a troll a troll. In the early days of video games, Mattel lost a suit to Magnovox over the concept of video games (ironically, Nintendo would later challenge that pioneer patent as well and lose).

Of course, Nintendo also won a trademark suit over Donkey Kong with Universal Studios -- by showing that King Kong had fallen into the public domain. (Universal claimed Donkey Kong infringed on King Kong, but it turned out it did not own the latter any longer).

Mike from Morgantown