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Posted on 07-22-08 04:27:25 PM Link | Quote

In case you didn't know... ...

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Posted on 07-22-08 04:32:33 PM Link | Quote
Everything gets sued these days.

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Posted on 07-22-08 08:01:46 PM Link | Quote
Great... GC contollers being banned...

People are just greedy and sue everything...

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Posted on 07-22-08 08:26:53 PM Link | Quote
Man, and we only had six or seven years to get four of those things. Taken away as soon as they came out? Curses on patent suits, I say!
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Posted on 07-22-08 08:31:49 PM (last edited by teconmoon at 07-22-08 05:32 PM) Link | Quote
This is just stupid.

Originally posted by Bloomberg.com
Cawley said he argued last week that Anascape was entitled to a ban on the Nintendo controllers because Anascape wants to enter the market and Nintendo has ``clogged the channel.''


They aren't clogging the channel, they just have GOOD ideas!

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Posted on 07-22-08 08:48:32 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by teconmoon
[Nintendo isn't] clogging the channel, they just have GOOD ideas!
I'd like you to meet Nintendo's E3 2008 conference...

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I always used a PS2 controller for my GCN, anyway.

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Posted on 07-22-08 08:53:42 PM Link | Quote
After all, the media briefing was comprehensive in showcasing the entire history of the company.

On-topic, I'm of the belief that patents should be used to keep other people from suing you, not so you can sue other people.
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Posted on 07-22-08 08:58:51 PM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Metal_Man88
I always used a PS2 controller for my GCN, anyway.


I hope you see the Irony in that statement...

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Posted on 07-22-08 11:13:23 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Supakitsune
Originally posted by teconmoon
[Nintendo isn't] clogging the channel, they just have GOOD ideas!
I'd like you to meet Nintendo's E3 2008 conference...


Most of the time.

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Posted on 07-22-08 11:55:54 PM Link | Quote
Well, if it finally makes Nintendo quit grinding their gears on the ancient Gamecube architecture...

Time for them to move on. Let that old CPU/GPU/etc go. They're newbie friendly, but so dated.

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Posted on 07-23-08 02:31:05 AM Link | Quote
HOW TO BECOMING INSTA-MILLIONAIRE

1. Start a company. You don't even have to produce anything. Just a name and address is fine.
2. Quietly file some patents that will easily cover thousands of future products, like "methods of holding and utilizing an electronic input device." Be vague and uninteresting! The less your patent stands out, the higher the possibility of accidental infringement.
3. Wait a few years.
4. PROFIT!

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Posted on 07-23-08 04:07:17 AM Link | Quote
Problem is that it also covers the Classic Controller for Wii.

Nintendo's going to appeal anyways so it's not panic time.

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Posted on 07-23-08 04:12:12 AM Link | Quote
Yeah. These so-called patent infringement cases always occur years after the "offending" product hits shelves.

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Posted on 07-23-08 01:53:26 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by teconmoon


I hate you.
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Posted on 07-23-08 02:23:32 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Apophis
Originally posted by teconmoon


I hate you.


Don't worry about it!

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Posted on 07-23-08 03:08:40 PM (last edited by Sukasa at 07-23-08 12:08 PM) Link | Quote
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I like how this patent describes in generic terms just about every videogame controller technology existing and in use at the time.

Way to to be, Brad A. McArmstrong. Way to be.



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Posted on 07-23-08 03:31:54 PM Link | Quote
Besides, if this ban is placed then Nintendo would have to create a substitute for the classic controller that would work for the Gamecube as well...

Do I hear N64 classic controller anyone?

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Posted on 07-23-08 04:37:10 PM (last edited by Kamikaze at 07-23-08 01:37 PM) Link | Quote

Originally posted by teconmoon
Besides, if this ban is placed then Nintendo would have to create a substitute for the classic controller that would work for the Gamecube as well...

Do I hear N64 classic controller anyone?


They have several types of classic controllers made by official 3rd parties, so I see no reason why this should be an issue to them. Now the GC controller... Boy will I miss not have the extra long one not come to America.

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