Nintendo faces lawsuit over the Switch's detachable controllers

[Joystiq]

The

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certainly isn't the first gaming tablet, but is it directly riffing on others' ideas? Gamevice thinks so. The accessory maker

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Nintendo for allegedly violating a patent for concepts used in

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, its gaming-oriented Android slate, as well as its namesake

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for phones and tablets. According to the suit, the Switch and its removable Joy-Con controllers are too close to Gamevice's vision of a combination of detachable game controller and a device with a "flexible bridge section." Not surprisingly, the lawsuit calls for both damages and a ban on Switch sales.

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