Video game pioneer Atari Interactive Inc. sued two companies that partnered to sell retro joysticks that allegedly infringe Atari trademarks in Los Angeles federal court.
Atari’s Jan. 15 complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California says Innex Inc. and Retro-Bit’s “Atari 2600 Joystick Controller” is an unauthorized ripoff of its Atari 2600 joystick, which it called a “very well-known and iconic part of video gaming history.”
The company settled similar claims against Hyperkin Inc. in December for making a retro video game console and joystick modeled after the Atari 2600 system. In that case, the ...
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