Valve fined US$4 million in Steam Controller patent case

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Controller paddles found to infringe on Corsair's patented Scuf Gaming designs.

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From the sounds of it, Valve did this intentionally? Well, I guess $4mil is less than the $6mil MS paid!

Also isn't this basically the same concept as the F1 sequential gear shifter? You'd think whoever has the patent to that might consider suing Corsair.:)

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...the classic David and Goliath story: Goliath does what Goliath wants to do.

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No, just no. Both of these are big corporations.

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Originally Posted by Scryder

Also isn't this basically the same concept as the F1 sequential gear shifter? You'd think whoever has the patent to that might consider suing Corsair.:)

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It does sound like patent trolling for sure, does corsair even have any controllers with this concept, or any controller at all?

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Originally Posted by Scryder

No, just no. Both of these are big corporations.

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Amen.