Nintendo Wins Appeal Over Gamevice Controller Patent Claim

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, without issuing a formal opinion, affirmed that Nintendo wasn’t infringing a Gamevice patent for a handheld controller used with video games.

• The U.S. International Trade Commission had rejected Gamevice’s request that imports of Nintendo Switch console and Joy-Con controllers be blocked
  • Gamevice makes attachable controllers that can turn a smartphone into a gaming system
• Federal Circuit’s judgment affirming the trade agency was made one day after hearing arguments in the appeal
• NOTE: Gamevice filed a second ITC case against Nintendo over a different patent, with a judge scheduled to release his ...