Sony Saves Nintendo in Court?

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PSP107

lol wait, so microsoft still paid them outta court and nintendo got let off? kinda funny to me

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nervmeister

I don't understand exactly but OK.

hey you know what just because sonys nintendos competitors dont mean they cant be friends , after all nintendo is the original reason they existed

if it hadnt been for nes , nothing today would be the same

i gotta give my respects to sony now!

well Sony didn't really save their arses....but for all those fanbois that were talking crap about the Dual Shock and how it copied the N64 controller...well thankx to Sony still releasing that thing in 1998 is what really saved Nintendo alot of money and headache after this outcome.

the Dual Shock should forever be remember as a hero.

salute!

Anascape couldn't sue Sony because the Dualshock was older, lol...Xbox knew that their design ripped off someone and they didn't know who (triggers, Dpad, Twin analog scheme, etc.), so they just payed up. If they had waited, they would have been helped like Nintendo as well. Interesting stuff.

The nerve of Anascape to file a patent in 2000 when Sony already made and was using the technology before them. What did they do, buy a dualshock, find out Sony didn't patent it, and then sit on the patent to make money?

I didn't really understand all that numbers crap with the patents. So all I really understand is Sony bails Nintendo out of the fire.Greyfeld

Random company suing Nintendo over an earlier patent that they have, but Sony already has a working controller in the market therefore making said patent invalid.

[QUOTE="Greyfeld"]I didn't really understand all that numbers crap with the patents. So all I really understand is Sony bails Nintendo out of the fire.Gxgear

Random company suing Nintendo over an earlier patent that they have, but Sony already has a working controller in the market therefore making said patent invalid.

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[QUOTE="Greyfeld"]I didn't really understand all that numbers crap with the patents. So all I really understand is Sony bails Nintendo out of the fire.Nerkcon

Random company suing Nintendo over an earlier patent that they have, but Sony already has a working controller in the market therefore making said patent invalid.

In that article, Sony didn't have a side of the case. It seems Anascape knew not to go after a company that created a product before their patent.

the industry is competitve.

not cut throat.

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PSP107

n4g.com? sorry no, atleast post the original source, don't give n4g.com hits.

n4g.com? sorry no, atleast post the original source, don't give n4g.com hits.

WilliamRLBaker

Can someone find the address of this Analscape please? This is like their 5th attempt at getting money out of games industry based on worhtless patents.

From what I understood and skimmed over, it's basically there was a little loop hole in one of the patents that the company sued Nintendo and Microsoft for. Sony's original Dualshock was that loophole. siLVURcross

Can someone find the address of this Analscape please? This is like their 5th attempt at getting money out of games industry based on worhtless patents.

KungfuKitten

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Can someone find the address of this Analscape please? This is like their 5th attempt at getting money out of games industry based on worhtless patents.

Dibdibdobdobo

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Can someone find the address of this Analscape please? This is like their 5th attempt at getting money out of games industry based on worhtless patents.

Dibdibdobdobo

i have one it involves the good old dog crap in a bag trick :P (jk incase i get modded).

But silly patent is silly, this company is like that EDGE gaming who tried to sue EA over Mirrors Edge and had the nerve to get a game taken off the app store over it having the name Edge pretty friggin pathetic companies like this actually exist.

These patent scalpers (that's what i'm calling them) are scum. Anascope never would have made such a controller anyway, just waiting for someone to fall into the trap and pounce.

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Can someone find the address of this Analscape please? This is like their 5th attempt at getting money out of games industry based on worhtless patents.

KungfuKitten

While that "original source" point's it's source to

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/nintendo-escapes-patent-troll-in-appeals-court-thanks-to-sony/

Kind of funny oh and for those who doesn't like N4G here's the original source: http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/04/15/sony-saves-nintendos-ass-in-court/Sollet

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nervmeister

Maybe if you ignore the fact that theres nothing sue worthy, and that sony has been working with similar tech for over 6-10 years.

Guess sony should sue nintendo for having 2 analog sticks on thw gamecube. :roll:

Old topic is old.

That was funny.

Because Sony released the Dual Shock 1 back in 1998, Nintendo was able to win their case with some random person.

[QUOTE="Sollet"]Kind of funny oh and for those who doesn't like N4G here's the original source: http://playstationlifestyle.net/2010/04/15/sony-saves-nintendos-ass-in-court/final_kaoss

While that "original source" point's it's source to

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/nintendo-escapes-patent-troll-in-appeals-court-thanks-to-sony/

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PSP107

I take it that was sony's way of warning nintendo & microsoft about future controls... basically saying "I made this kind of controller, don't make any more of these types for next gen consoles".