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  The Primagen | January 11, 2008
  I would like to see a company called Copper Innovations Group take down the corporate juggernauts Nintendo and Sony... wait a minute.. no I wouldn't.. forget I said anything.. xD nothing will come of this anyway.. I remember shortly after the Wii was announced tons of companies tried to sue and say it was their idea first.. Hey.. if Nintendo created the Wii remote and patented it.. wouldn't they have searched for anything that it would've infringed on?
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  kik36 | January 11, 2008
  WOW, to take on Nintendo and Sony they must have an endless supply of money. I need to make a patent and hope that someone infringes on it in the future I am thinking!! LOL
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    Krunal | January 11, 2008
    If Immersion managed to take them on AND Win, I'm sure that anyone else can as well.
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      Chad | January 12, 2008
      I should throw my hat in the ring also then, eh?
      
      But seriously, they should be grateful that "their" device, after some modifications, is being used all over the world.
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  Tock | January 11, 2008
  the rule shouldnt be the first to patent it gets the rights....the rule should be first to create and implement it. its just stupid that these bone heads patented the idea 10 years ago, yet did nothing with it, and now no one else is aloud to touch it...
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  slumpy monkey | January 11, 2008
  Lol it would be actually funny as hell if they won. Because nintendo would be our of business for this generation and soony would have to do a massive u turn.
  
  Although they wont win obviuosly, no one ever does
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  Arcaida | January 11, 2008
  Oh wow.
  
  I do like how that CPG decided not to speak up until now. The designs for the SIXAXIS and Wiimote were well known of before either console released. Unless every party member in that corporation have been sleeping in caves for the past few years, they should've made a move on this long ago. It seems like it took them way too long to justify this.
  
  I mean, if a company steals your idea and is making millions, you put your foot down on spot. You don't wait two or three years and find a way to carefully and intricately nail someone with word play. That's ridiculous.
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  StabWound | January 11, 2008
  Sony got sucessfully sued for using rumble so I wouldn't be suprised if this happens.
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  VeGiTAX2 | January 11, 2008
  Odd, both formats are based around secure device standards, given that, if they had a case they would be suing wireless boards and anyone making bluetooth devices seeing as bluetooth manages your devices by individual software assigned device id #'s to the units.
  
  It's a bit odd for them to think that hardware #'s are assigned to the controllers though, anyone who has used a sixaxis or wiimote on a system knows that the controller assignments can be re-arranged, heck even the 360 can do it.
  
  More bs lawsuits for companies hoping to score some money. Had they a product had they some proof of concept, it might be honorable, in this case it's just them trying not to close shop because they sent in as many patent apps as they could.
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    Storm | January 11, 2008
    And if they don't win, at least they got some fame out of this.
    
    Meh, there's bound to be a 'stealing of ideas,' though. There's 6 billion people on the planet, and it's not like fingerprints or other genetics that distinguishes between everyone...someone's ideas may also be thought up by someone else half-way across the world. Patent or not, who could have known? :S Granted they should have done their research, but I wouldn't have expected a company to 'patent' something as simple as this...
    
    The topic title's a bit misleading to me, GG. Isn't it about the input sorting than the motion-sensor ability?
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  bakfromon | January 11, 2008
  Wasn't there another company a couple months back that sued Nintendo for infringement, has anybody heard from them since? Nintendo and Sony will probably win if this ever goes to court.
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  Dance Floor Killah | January 11, 2008
  I could've swore that there were two other articles about this, but it was lawsuits from different companies. I'm not surprised.
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  Yoshi Freak | January 11, 2008
  This is utter bull shit. this case started in December. of 2006. what a hunk of crap, nintendo and sony will PWN this Fed up Company.
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  dmat3889 | January 12, 2008
  whenever a company has a patent it only lasts for a few years. if I am correct in saying this, to my knowledge after seven years the patent becomes public and (anyone) is able to use it for whatever reason.
  plus if the wiimote goes away i'll have to pay a trip to pennsylvania.
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  Capn Droid | January 12, 2008
  This is lawl.
  
  "Copper filed for a patent which 'covers a method for connecting devices to a system and sorting their inputs by means of hardware identification numbers tied to each transmission'." Well, how else do you send information (push X... now Y... shoot that soldier with R!) to the game console? Psychic ability?
  
  Edit: I saw the weird wireless mouse whatever diagram for the image on the article... and somehow, I doubt that that is involved in any way with the Wiimote.
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  BANDITO ATTACK | January 12, 2008
  as much as i completely hate the wii remote and hope it dies, i dont see them winning this tbh.
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  black doom | January 12, 2008
  Wait, why aren't Microsoft in? It isn't motion control they are moaning about after all.
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  cam94509 | January 12, 2008
  WTF?
  
  They patented it 12 years ago?
  
  Either they have no way of suing anyone on it anymore (Eg. Its used by everyone) or there patent wasn't quite what they claim it was...
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  Solid Snake 4Life | January 13, 2008
  I highly doubt they'll win. Hell both Sony and Nintendo could own the moon if they wanted to so they could always just pay the people if they some reason feel threatened.
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  Blackfalcon | January 18, 2008
  Oh, boo hoo! Those idiots at CIG left it a bit late, they don't have a chance!