GameCube and Wii Classic Controllers facing ban

Remember Anascape Ltd.? It’s that company who claimed that Nintendo infringed on their patents for some of their controller designs. They won the previous court battles, and now Nintendo is facing a ban on sales of some of their controllers, including the Wii Classic Controller and the GameCube controller. So I guess US$ 21 million wasn’t enough for Anascape? Story in the full article.

Seems Anascape Ltd. wasn’t satisfied with US$ 21 million. Anascape is the company that slammed Nintendo with a patent infringement suit on several of their controller designs, a case that Nintendo lost and was ordered to pay US$ 21 million for. The story isn’t over yet though – Anascape now wants to ban Nintendo from selling the controllers at all.

The controllers in question are the Wii Classic Controller, the WaveBird controller, and the GameCube controller. It seems that Anascape wants to ban these so that they can enter the market themselves, claiming that Nintendo has “clogged the channel.” The ban is put on hold while Nintendo files an appeal.

The judge overseeing the case said that Nintendo will have to post a bond or put royalties in an escrow acccount to avoid the consequence of a ban.

• Anascape Ltd. Drags Nintendo and Microsoft to Court
• Nintendo ordered to pay Anascape USD 21 million for patent infringement
• Nintendo’s appeal on reduced US$ 21M verdict denied

Via Bloomberg