With the Sony-Immersion force feedback lawsuit fresh in memory, another firm, Texas-based Fenner Investments, has stepped up to sue the 'big three' over another joypad patent.

The firm is suing Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony for violating its patent for a "low-voltage joystick port interface," though the lawsuit doesn't mention which specific consoles supposedly violate the patent.

The lawsuit alleges that the three console manufactures are "now engaging, and will in the future continue to engage, in unauthorized conduct and activities that violate" the patent, and demands compensation for claimed damages, as well as "enhanced" damages, attorney's fees and court costs.

As with the Immersion lawsuit, this one's likely to stretch for many a month.

via cvg