Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony were sued for the game controller

Fenner Investments, based in Texas, is filing a lawsuit against three game makers using game controllers (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony for alleged copyright infringement of "Low-Voltage Joystick"). Port Interface "(Low voltage control port interface).

The patent that Fenner mentioned here is the registration for inventing a data synchronization port between a standard 5 volt control device and a computer. According to prosecutors, the three firms are and will continue to use that type of port in their management and in their copyright infringement activities.

Accordingly, Fenner requested compensation for damages such as damage caused by copyright infringement, attorney's fees, and court proceedings. This case is handled by the Eastern District Court of Texas.

Whose copyright is it?

Source: Bestbuy.ca . Although Fenner claimed to hold a patent of 6,297,751 of the Low Voltage Control Gate Interface, according to the records, this design was developed by Lucent Technologies in 1998.

It is unclear how Fenner obtained the legal ownership of the patent. There were repeated phone calls to the company's headquarters to ask for clarification, but no one answered.

On the board of Lucent Technologies, now Alcatel-Lucent, has not had any explanation.

This is not the first lawsuit Fenner made against big tech guys. Last year, Fenner himself lost in the confrontation with Alcatel, Nokia and Cisco, the lawsuit also related to patent issues.

Game technology - the 'cradle' of litigation

Recently, the video game business industry regularly has legal disputes with all types. Nintendo, for example, was recently forced to defend itself against allegations regarding controler games specifically designed for its Wii toys, also known as Wiimote.

Last month Interlink electronics company accused the Japanese company of the button on the Wiimote, Interlink said that 'button' was made according to its protected design.

Of course, neither Sony nor Microsoft could avoid that kind of "stumbling block" with devices that control their games. In 2002, Immersion sued Microsoft and Sony for plagiarizing the use of vibration on the control game of two Xbox and PlayStation devices. In the lawsuit that time, the Immersion was able to "catch" Microsoft about $ 26 million and "rob the white" of $ 80 million.

For now, all representatives of Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have not commented on this new complaint from Fenner.

Do Duong