Joystick Port Patented, Now the Lawsuit

Panaqqa writes "It appears that Fenner Investments, a Texas based patent troll, is at it again. This time, they are suing Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo for infringing a patent they hold on joystick ports. Perhaps they felt they needed a "Plan B" now that their lawsuit against Juniper Networks, Nokia, Cisco, Alcatel and Ericsson is not going so well."

Oh the injustice

[popo]

Haven't poor Microsoft and Sony been vicimized enough?

How's a poor ruthless-megacorporation supposed to make a buck these days?

Hey, remember when Universal Studios...

[sesshomaru]

Hey, remember when Universal Studios tried to sue Nintendo for infringing on their copyright on King Kong? And then Nintendo won the case, and proved that Universal didn't even hold the copyright on King Kong in the first place?

Good times, good times....

Joy, Home-grown patent trolls

[andphi]

These people give Texans a bad name. Is there any way I can mail these creeps a bushel of rotten tomatoes? I probably live too far away to throw them myself.

Re:Business based on law suites

[cowscows]

I don't know man... the local technical college was advertising some interesting courses on the radio this morning. "Owning ideas you'll never implement", "Children say the darndest things (that you can sue their parents for)", and my personal favorite, "Injuring yourself with every-day home objects for fun and profit".

I went to a real university and have a graduate degree, and I still have to work like, at least 40 hours per week! American Dream my ass!

Re:Hey, remember when Universal Studios...

[UbuntuDupe]

lol, it gets pretty silly at points. From Wikipedia:

In its decision on October 4, 1984, the court upheld the previous verdict. They declared that "The two properties [King Kong and Donkey Kong] have nothing in common but a gorilla, a captive woman, a male rescuer, and a building scenario." Further, the court ruled that "The 'Kong' and 'King Kong' names are widely used by the general public and are associated with apes and other objects of enormous proportions."

Glad we got that cleared up ...

Airforce...

[flyingfsck]

They should sue the US Airforce for using joysticks in fighter planes. Maybe some pilot will get angry and press the launch button to solve the whole problem once and for all...

ATTN: Fenner Investments

[8ball629]

Please file a patent lawsuit against IBM so we don't have to deal with your trolling anymore.

Best Regards,
The World

Isn't a joystick port basically...

[Dretep]

...insert Rod A into Slot B? Weren't there electrical outlets before joystick ports? We could go back to creation and argue the original patent for inserting Rod A into Slot B could be awarded to God.