Nintendo Wins Gamevice Patent Case Over its Switch Gaming System

Nintendo’s Switch console and Joy-Con controllers don’t infringe a Gamevice patent, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a notice on its website.

• Gamevice, which makes attachable handheld controllers for use with smartphones or tablets, had claimed the Nintendo Switch console and Joy-Con controllers infringed a patent.
• Gamevice conceded that, under the judge’s interpretation of key terms of the attachable controller patents, it couldn’t prove its case.
• Commission agreed to review the judge’s interpretations to see if the case should be revived.
• Gamevice filed complaint in March 2018, seeking an order that would block imports of the Joy-Con, ...