{"id":119810,"date":"2017-08-11T12:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T10:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=119810"},"modified":"2017-08-11T11:13:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T09:13:42","slug":"nintendo-sued-over-switch-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/119810-nintendo-sued-over-switch-controllers","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo sued over Switch controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamevice is suing Nintendo for allegedly infringing the patents used in its Android gaming tablet the Wikipad, and its add-on controllers for phones and tablets,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/08\/11\/nintendo-faces-lawsuit-over-switch-controllers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engadget reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In its complaint, Gamevice said the removable Joy-Con controllers of the Nintendo Switch are too close to how it envisioned a detachable game controller and a device combination with a flexible bridge section.<\/p>\n<p>It has called for Switch sales to be halted and has asked the court for damages. This comes after the Switch has performed well in international markets, with the gaming console producing strong sales numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Engadget reported that Gamevice declined to comment on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Gamevice Controller<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gamevice-Controller.jpg\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1537155973\" data-slb-internal=\"0\" data-slb-group=\"slb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-224096 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gamevice-Controller.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gamevice-Controller.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gamevice-Controller-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gamevice-Controller-595x400.jpg 595w\" alt=\"Gamevice Controller\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/221861-nintendos-market-value-surges-thanks-to-switch-game-sales.html\">Nintendo\u2019s market value surges thanks to Switch game sales<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamevice is suing Nintendo for allegedly infringing the patents used in its Android gaming tablet the Wikipad, and its add-on controllers for phones and tablets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":108823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24920,4353,22983],"class_list":["post-119810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-gamevice","tag-lawsuit","tag-nintendo-switch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}