Nintendo Loses Controller Patent Lawsuit

kryogen1x writes: Nintendo controller may soon become scarce in the following days after losing in court to Anascape Ltd. over analog sticks in their Wii and Gamecube controllers. From the article:

"The lawsuit concerns the analog sticks in the Classic Controller and GameCube controllers, which Texas-based Anascape Ltd. claims to hold a patent on that Nintendo violated. The court has ruled in favor of Anascape, and U.S. District Judge Ron Clark has rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial. As a result, Clark said he will put a ban on the sale of the controllers (which includes sales of GameCube systems) starting tomorrow, July 23, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account."

Readers may note this isn't the first time the big manufacturers have been targeted in lawsuits involving features in their controllers.