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Like other major companies, Nintendo has faced plenty of legal troubles over the years, but the latest lawsuit from Gamevice might just be the strangest. For the second time in three years, the peripheral developer is suing Nintendo for patent infringement. Gamevice claims the Nintendo Switch is too similar to its product the Wikipad.
Back in 2017, Gamevice sued Nintendo claiming the Switch’s Joy-Con violated a patent related to the Wikipad, an Android-based tablet gaming system the company released in 2013. According to Gamevice, the Switch copies the Wikipad's detachable controller and a “flexible bridge section,” causing irreversible damage and injury to the company. The peripheral developer demanded compensation and the halt of Switch sales in the United States.
To no one’s surprise, Gamevice’s lawsuit was dismissed shortly after it began. The mobile accessory manufacturer decided to do a follow-up investigation, but lost that as well just last month when US Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the minor similarities between the consoles wasn’t enough to warrant infringement. This did little to diminish Gamevice’s determination, though, and it filed yet another lawsuit against Nintendo for basically the same thing this week.
Once again, Gamevice wants to ban the import of the Nintendo Switch into the United States, a crazy idea considering the Switch is a massive success that has sold over 17 million units in the U.S. alone. What makes this even wilder is the fact that the Wikipad is no longer in production, so it's not even in competition with Nintendo anymore. Of course, none of this seems to faze Gamevice as the company continues to accuse Nintendo of stealing its ideas.
Like other major companies, Nintendo has faced plenty of legal troubles over the years, but the latest lawsuit from Gamevice might just be the strangest. For the second time in three years, the peripheral developer is suing Nintendo for patent infringement. Gamevice claims the Nintendo Switch is too similar to its product the Wikipad.
Back in 2017, Gamevice sued Nintendo claiming the Switch’s Joy-Con violated a patent related to the Wikipad, an Android-based tablet gaming system the company released in 2013. According to Gamevice, the Switch copies the Wikipad's detachable controller and a “flexible bridge section,” causing irreversible damage and injury to the company. The peripheral developer demanded compensation and the halt of Switch sales in the United States.
To no one’s surprise, Gamevice’s lawsuit was dismissed shortly after it began. The mobile accessory manufacturer decided to do a follow-up investigation, but lost that as well just last month when US Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the minor similarities between the consoles wasn’t enough to warrant infringement. This did little to diminish Gamevice’s determination, though, and it filed yet another lawsuit against Nintendo for basically the same thing this week.
Once again, Gamevice wants to ban the import of the Nintendo Switch into the United States, a crazy idea considering the Switch is a massive success that has sold over 17 million units in the U.S. alone. What makes this even wilder is the fact that the Wikipad is no longer in production, so it's not even in competition with Nintendo anymore. Of course, none of this seems to faze Gamevice as the company continues to accuse Nintendo of stealing its ideas.
