Nintendo Switch Fans are Furious With Gamevice Over Patent Infringement Claim

By Marc Deschamps

Right now, there is no system hotter than the Nintendo Switch. The handheld hybrid is quite hard to find lately, thanks to demand for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and system shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic. If one company has their way, however, the system will actually be impossible to come by. Peripheral manufacturer Gamevice has filed their second patent infringement case against Nintendo, claiming that Switch infringes on their Wikipad controller design, and asking for all imports of the system to cease. The previous case was dismissed by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but Nintendo fans are furious that the company has once again made efforts to stop sales of Switch.

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Keep reading to find out what Nintendo fans think about Gamevice's recent patent infringement claim!

Fans are trashing the company's products on social media.

Some are pointing to similar Nintendo products that predate the Wikipad.

Many fans are arguing that Gamevice should have stopped at the first dismissal.

A lot of posters are inundating Gamevice's tweets with angry replies, as a result.

Gamevice's whole argument does seem implausible.

Fans are encouraging others to boycott the company.

To be fair, a lot of controller designs are similar to one another!

Some people do like the Wikipad, however.

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