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Ailure Posts: 2431/2602 |
Originally posted by NSNickEven then, I believe that analogue joysticks have been around for quite awhile, such as the "game port" on some sound cards. |
drjayphd Posts: 1131/1170 |
Good to see one of the patent holders speaking out against whoever filed the suit. Especially because said person's going to get... how you say...
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Alastor Posts: 8053/8204 |
But, as stated, the patent has no relevance here. |
Rom Manic Posts: 486/557 |
As an investment company, I'm sure they have no problem forking out money to lawyers to sue these three to keep this patent, which will then force the three companies to either A) Race for a bigger offer to buy the patent, or B) simply engineer another system for their peripherals.
This way, everyone wins. |
Sweet Kassy Molassy Posts: 684/886 |
Surely they'll get some sort of settlement... almost all civil suits are settled out of court. It's just how corporations do things. It's usually considered a better alternative than paying attorney fees, court costs, and any potential losses if things don't go the defendant's way.
I think my environmental law prof said that 96% of all civil suits were settled out of court, but don't take that to the bank... |
Cynthia Posts: 5592/5814 |
Geez, if all three companies actually DID fight this lawsuit together... night-night Fenner Investments.
They get a settlement if they're LUCKY, no way in hell they win this. |
Ziff Posts: 1598/1800 |
You'll never change patent laws. Just like you'll never change me being an asshole. They're irreversible and probably worse off for everyone.
Also, yeah. You see that is a bad strategy. If the Big 3 are working together on a court case there is NO WAY you can win. That is a lot of money that you're spending on a flimsy ass case. |
Ailure Posts: 2404/2602 |
Let those silly lawsuits come, so they eventually redo the flawed patent laws.
You don't need to be a lawyer to see that those lawsuits won't lead anywhere anyway. |
NSNick Posts: 2141/2228 |
Don't know if this guy is telling the truth, but interesting if he is:
Originally posted by DLPotts on digg.com |
NSNick Posts: 2140/2228 |
Their joystick was digital, not analog. Also, the bidirectional port could imply that the port is capable of sending information to the controller vis-a-vis memory cards, rumble, etc. |
PrincessPeach Posts: 342/381 |
Originally posted by NSNick The Patent was filed 1998, and approved in 2001. Didn't have Atari some kind of joystick port in the 70ies? I don't know about US Patent Laws, but isn't it prohibited to patent anything which can not be proved to be unique and new and stuff? (That's why you can't patent the waterheating process and stuff). |
NSNick Posts: 2139/2228 |
Umm, sounds like it could be a patent on the port used to transfer analog signal?
I dunno. |
Shadic Posts: 500/528 |
What exactly are they suing for?
It almost looks like they're suing for a joystick being used for.. Anything at all? That's gonna go great, because Nintendo didn't have a controller out before the patent or anything. Hell, Sony may have as well... Maybe even Microsoft.. |
Hiryuu Posts: 2210/2480 |
[shrugs] If people can sue McDonald's over spilled coffee, they can do whatever they want nowadays. |
Xeo Belmont Posts: 776/1016 |
Originally posted by IGN http://ps3.ign.com/articles/754/754407p1.html Yeah, taking on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all at once ... I'm sure that'll go well for these guys. |