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I think patents are going too far, companies shouldn't be punished for developing something partially the same as a product from a small company they never knew about. Patents are too broad for this age of technology, it should be limited to only the obvious (like Sony copying off of Nintendo). The only reason for these lawsuits happening so long after the announcement of the device (especially in the case of the Dual Shock) is so those small companies can get a massive profit from the sales, it probably doesn't harm their sales one bit since they're usually targeting a completely different audience with different uses for the device. Also the cost per device for a small company is probably at least double what it costs larger companies, which basically lets them rack up the charge so much that it hurts the big company. It's not only the patent system, the court system is pretty bad too, which likely means Nintendo will lose the lawsuit and in the worst case scenario Wii will be taken off the shelves.
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