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Valve's Steam Controller design looks like it is going to cost the firm US$4 million in damages as a US court has decided it infringed upon Corsair's Scuf Gaming designs. The particular infringement was in the implementation of back paddles on the controller. Notably, Microsoft paid Corsair's patent holding Ironburg Inventions $6 million to use the IP in its Xbox Wireless Elite performance controllers. Meanwhile, Valve intentionally disregarded the potential infringement, Ironburg lawyer Robert Becker, from Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, told jurors during the case hearing. Ironburg made seven...

Valve's Steam Controller design looks like it is going to cost the firm US$4 million in damages as a US court has decided it infringed upon Corsair's Scuf Gaming designs. The particular infringement was in the implementation of back paddles on the controller. Notably, Microsoft paid Corsair's patent holding Ironburg Inventions $6 million to use the IP in its Xbox Wireless Elite performance controllers. Meanwhile, Valve intentionally disregarded the potential infringement, Ironburg lawyer Robert Becker, from Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, told jurors during the case hearing. Ironburg made seven...

Score one for Ironburg Inventions and SCUF. The first-of-its-kind virtual patent infringement case against Valve has concluded in favor of Ironburg Inventions. The loss, in this case, will cost Valve a total of $4 million, which, for a company as large as Valve, certainly won’t hurt. The patent, held by Ironburg Inventions for SCUF controllers, is specifically for certain buttons on controllers. If you’re familiar with the Xbox Elite controllers, you’ll know what these are, as SCUF licensed the design to Microsoft. Those small back paddles on specialized controllers are patented by SCU...

Valve's Steam controller Valve has been ordered to pay a fine of US$4million in damages to third-party controller company SCUF following the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. This is according to a Law.com report detailing the trial. The week-long trial, which began in January through Zoom due to the ongoing pandemic, concluded with the jury finding Valve guilty of infringing a SCUF controller design patent from 2013. The SCUF controller design patent included back pedals that players would have controlled with their middle fingers. The controller was first showcased during the 2...

Valve Loses Steam Controller Patent Lawsuit, Owes $4 Million A jury has unanimously agreed that Valve's infringement was not only real, but "willful." original complaint was filed in a Washington court. Both SCUF and Ironburg Inventions are subsidiaries of Corsair, which is known for its specialization in computer and gaming accessories and customized gear. According to its website, SCUF holds 105 patents for its designs, most of which pertain to its unique trigger and back paddle mechanisms. This is what the case was actually about, with opening arguments in the trial citing "rear-side contr...