So lame. Sony has been using the DualShock design FOREVER, and Nintendo's controllers are completely new. Wth is this? Money hungry idiots looking for more money, that's what.

These systems have both been out for a relativley long time now, have they took apart both systems so that they can find something that is somewhat close to their designs?



I'm assuming they're on about the motion controls since the 360 isn't involved, but no doubt they had a look inside that as well just incase.



People have been well aware of the controls and their workings for a long time now, I don't see why it has took them so long to make an issue of it. Money grabbers?

Whoops. That's what happens when you quickly skim news. >_>



Still, it's so dumb to make a big deal about it so far down the line..

I've still got my case in court, cuz my ancestors invented 6 different sexual positions. We plan on charging every time some one uses one!

Hey, careful there, they might sue you for calling them money-licking parasites.

"Why shouldn't Copper Innovations stab these two companies for everything they can get?"



maybe because they merely came up with a theoritical idea for technology "lulz, I patent a thing that does a thing in a certain way, MAYBE!" and have not marketed it towards developers and/or hardware manufacturers FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT THEY'VE HELD THE PATENT.



It's a flaw in our legal system that allows people to get rich off of the investment, innovation, and work of other individuals. Too many times these things don't go to court, and the suing party gets a nice big payoff for work they haven't done.



If Copper Innovations Group (sounds like a fishy braintrust of patents just waiting for somebody to put effort into making them) can show that Sony and Nintendo's controllers have somehow hurt their bottom line, fine, but I doubt it's anywhere near that point.

Dosnt almost every signle wireless devise use that method..?

And if it does then they can sue logic tech, and all third party companies also.

There a bunch of money hungry people, because a lot of things use this technology now a days.



I bet people make these patents just to sue people in the future.

"This is illegal, you know."

If I patented something and a company used my patent product design,I would sue too.Just like when ns,sy n m$ stole that rumble feature n didn't compensate the company who patented the product years b4.all these companies are greedy n want our money if they stole my design i would def seek payment. these are multi billion dollar companies, they don't care if they steal a design or violate a patent as long as they make money.

Yeah I mostly agree with that, but rather than having it expire within a year it should be made so that you have to make progress on it within say a year of the initial submission. Then every year after that you have to continue to make improvements or the patent expires.