Jerry McBride <jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Sony, Nintendo sued in console controller patent clash
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A US company has filed a lawsuits against both Nintendo and Sony,
>> | alleging that the controllers that go with the companies? games consoles
>> | trample over its intellectual property rights for console to controller
>> | connection.
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/14/copper_innovations_sue_sony_nintendo/
>
>
> Anyone have a CGI webpage I can look at. It seems as though Copper
> Innovation Group may be one of those "IP money machines". Hmmm... Microsoft
> not listed in the group being sued... Could it be? Could CGI me another
> front for Microsoft??
>
Very likely. I've no idea how anyone could have copyrights in this
area, these console/controller connections date back to the earliest
computer games of around 30 years ago.
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