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"A CASE started in a Texas district court a few days back alleging that Nintendo and Microsoft had breached a game controller patent. Or two. Or more.
Anascape Ltd, a firm based in Texas, alleges that Nintendo and Microsoft breached patent number 5,999,084, called "Variable Conductance Sensor" and issued to Brad Armstrong in 1999.

The firms are also alleged to have breached patents 6,102,802 - "Game Controller with Analog Pressure Sensor", and 6,135,886, "Variable Conductance Sensor with Elastomeric Dome Cap" as well as 6,208,271 "Remote Controller with Analog Button".

No, we're not finished yet. Anascape alleges 6,222,525 "Image Controller with Sheet Connected Sensors" was also breached, as well as 6,343, 991 "Game Control with Analog Pressure Sensor" and 6,344,791 "Variable Sensor with Tactile Feedback".

As well as 6,347,997 "Analog Controls Housed with Electronic Displays", 6,351,205 "Variable Conductance Sensor" (a different one) and 6,400, 303 "Remote Controller with Analog Pressure Sensor" (a different one).

Then there's 6,563,415 "Analog Sensor with Snap Through Tactile Feedback". And lastly, but not leastly, there is 6,906,700 "3D Controller with Vibration"."

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oh well im sure bill gates will pay fir it all and still have plenty left over...

case closed

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What about Sony?

I don't think they follow all the rules.

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Sony has the same thing with their controlers, why aren't they sued?

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Aw... I hate you sony!

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At 8/4/06 08:44 PM, HunterK wrote: Aw... I hate you sony!

Dont worry, Nintendo is just as rich as Bill Gates.

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Sony have to many partners, they can get away with n e thing!
screw u sony!!

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this kinda crap happens all the time...

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*notices that the link has a familar word "inquierer"*

>_>... suspicious...

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Wow. You shouldn't be allowed to patent something that's going to be used by everyone

That's like patenting food

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see, microsoft and nintendo did that stuff illegally. there's a way to get past a patent,get permision form the patent maker and then do it. that's what sony did. not microsoft and nintendo

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Shouldn't Sony just get sued? I mean they had in thier controlers since the 1990's. Nintendo and Microsoft just recently had it in theirs.

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At 6/19/08 06:57 PM, adam316 wrote: Shouldn't Sony just get sued? I mean they had in thier controlers since the 1990's. Nintendo and Microsoft just recently had it in theirs.

Maybe it's their patent

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Why not Sony? That's just bullshit.

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...I..I have no idea what you just posted...

english?

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At 6/19/08 06:57 PM, adam316 wrote: Shouldn't Sony just get sued? I mean they had in thier controlers since the 1990's. Nintendo and Microsoft just recently had it in theirs.

Nah, they make fancy smanshy televisions so they probably just let them off the hook for that, but Microsoft and Nintendo don't appeal to the texan populashunnzz so yeah...

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great, companies are suing for parts of a controller, I could very well make my own games and not worry about the controllers.

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Thing is retarded... It's like copyrighting all the words of a dictionary or patenting farming.

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IM SUING MICROSOFT!

heres 5 bucks.

nevermind.

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At 8/4/06 08:43 PM, Taime wrote: What about Sony?

I don't think they follow all the rules.

They probably made the patent.

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That's so bullshit.

How the fuck else are Controllers supposed to be?

I bet nothing will happen.

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Sony obviously didn't get sued cause they can do anything they want!

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Old news.

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It's more like patenting breatheing

Then you can sue anyone

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The suitors will die of mysterious circumstances within the coming weeks.

Microsoft owns it's own hitmen.

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Sony simply can't afford a lawsuit because they are having horrible sales with the PS3.

However Microsoft is freaking rich, and Nintendo is having profitable and gigantic sales with the Wii and the quirky and fun DS.

Lol, I'm not going to even check back at this thread because I don't want to hear a PS3 fanboy's response to my comment.

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Wow, a lot of suing topics today...
I hope that Nintendo and Microsoft win, because if not, they may have to have their controllers replaced, which would suck.

No more wiimote.... :(

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dude those are THE gayest rules ever. Who fucked what to come up with those rules?

Sex. || More sex.

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At 6/22/08 12:23 AM, Zeldakrazed7 wrote: dude those are THE gayest rules ever. Who fucked what to come up with those rules?

moneywhoring cock monglers?

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At 6/22/08 12:23 AM, Zeldakrazed7 wrote: dude those are THE gayest rules ever. Who fucked what to come up with those rules?

The National Enquirer, perhaps?

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