[quote]Possible Ban on Nintendo Controllers
Nintendo fans may have a little trouble obtaining a Nintendo Gamecube, Classic Controller or Wavebird in the near future, after Nintendo failed to overturn a $21 million patent-infringement verdict.
Holding the patent is Anascape Ltd. based in Texas, U.S., who seeks to ban Nintendo's controllers which include an analog stick, since it infringes their patent on a "certain configuration of the remote to control six types of motions at the same time". The wii remote and nunchuck are exempt from this infringement. U.S. District Judge Ron Clark has placed the ban on hold while Nintendo appeals the verdict in the Federal Circuit.