Nintendo Driven to Court over Patent Infringement

2017/08/15

Video games maker Nintendo and its subsidiary Nintendo of America have been taken to court in the US over alleged patent infringement. California-based Gamevice filed its lawsuit at the US District Court for the Central District of California on July 9. Gamevice was founded in 2008 and seeks to “develop and create innovative solutions for video game players”. Nintendo is accused of infringing US patent number 9,126,119, called “Combination computing device and game controller with flexible bridge section”. Gamevice claimed that Nintendo has infringed the ‘119 patent through the sale of Nintendo Switch. Claim 1 of the patent is allegedly infringed because the Nintendo product includes two control modules that provide an input device, among other aspects.

Source: WIPR