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3 February 2021, 11:35 pm EST By Valve Steam Controller Made the Company Lose $4 Million: Here's Why the Product was Discontinued  ( Screenshot From Linus Tech Tips Official YouTube Channel ) Valve's very own Steam Controller was said to be a quirky device where the company tried to combine the accuracy of a mouse along with the functionality of most traditional game controllers. While it was never really able to achieve the lofty goal, the studio that is behind Ha...

Valve was initially warned in 2014, back when it was prototyping the hardware on February 4, 2021, 7:06 What just happened? A jury has unanimously found willful infringement on Valve's part regarding the use of "rear-side control surfaces" (or back paddles) on its Steam Controller and ordered the company to pay $4 million in damages to Corsair-owned Ironburg Inventions and SCUF. Ironburg Inventions and SCUF, the Corsair-owned maker of high-end performance controllers and holders of an "extensive patent portfolio," had warned Valve in 2014 regarding its Steam Controller d...

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 lawsuit loss means this Steam Controller cost $4-million Chris Burns - Feb 4, 2021, 10:38am CST The folks at SCUF and Ironburg Inventions sued Valve a few years ago for patent infringement. They claimed that Valve’s “Steam Controller” was made without the proper paperwork, working with SCUF to license their patents for back-facing paddle controls. But wait, you might be saying, the Steam Controller isn’t the only controller with back-facing paddles, right? You’re right! SCUF holds a whopping 105 patents for designs that include all manner of controller butto...

Valve has lost its case against SCUF over the Steam Controller, with a court fining the company $5.2 million for patent infringement.