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July 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 pm

Nintendo faces ban on some game controllers

nintendo_controller Nintendo faces ban on some game controllers

Hurry up. If you have been planning to buy Nintendo controllers classic or latest, do so now before it is too late. According to a press release Nintendo is close to loosing a patent infringement fight.

The lawsuit concerns the analog sticks in the Classic Controller and GameCube controllers, which Texas-based Anascape Ltd. claims to hold a patent on that Nintendo violated. The court has ruled in favor of Anascape, and U.S. District Judge Ron Clark has rejected Nintendo’s request for a new trial. As a result, Clark said he will put a ban on the sale of the controllers (which includes sales of GameCube systems) starting tomorrow, July 23, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account.

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