Nintendo, Sony Sued Over Wireless Controllers

Jan. 14 11:27 PM by Alicia Ashby

The name of the patent is "Hand Held Computer Input Apparatus and Method". Copper Innovations Group claim that they own it, and that Nintendo and Sony are infringing upon it with the Wii Remote, Wii Nunchuk, SIXAXIS controller, and Blu-Ray Remote Control. So, Copper Innovations Group is suing both Sony and Nintendo.

This is a really strange case. Copper Innovations Group is otherwise a company that never appears to have done anything else and doesn't respond to requests for comment on the suit. The internet says nothing about them (other than they're suing Nintendo and Sony). The devices singled out by the lawsuit use relatively common bluetooth protocols to make connections, which leaves me to wonder what Copper Innovations is trying to accomplish with the suit (besides $$$).

What I suspect is happening here is that you have someone trying to take advantage of an overly-vague technology patent that shouldn't have been granted in the first place.