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wraggster
April 6th, 2010, 16:55
Microsoft has sued a British manufacturer over the infringement of four of its patents for Xbox game controllers. The suit was filed in Seattle, Washington, and Datel has yet to respond. Datel is a United Kingdom company with a US unit and has produced two specific controllers — the TurboFire and WildFire — that Microsoft wants stopped."
The infringing patents are over "portions of a gaming controller" and "portion of a gaming input device having an illuminated region.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/04/05/1417223/Microsoft-Sues-UKs-Datel-Over-Controllers