Valve Loses $4 Million Steam Controller Patent Lawsuit
Prime Benefit Spotlight: Free games and in-game content Valve has lost a patent lawsuit regarding the Steam Controller to the tune of a $4 million judgment after it allegedly infringed on a patent held by Ironburg Inventions. The patent in question – US8641525B2 “Controller for video game console” — was filed by Ironburg Inventions back in 2011. Roughly three years later, Valve debuted a prototype of its then-upcoming controller at CES 2014. Ironburg said that it warned Valve about the new controller potentially infringing on its patent but the controller was eventually…
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