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I tried Steam Deck early and it's AWESOME!
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⬐ beezischillinI preordered one based on this. I would like to emulate the older consoles and games I already own and retire them from under the TV. I was initially skeptical but this is convincing.⬐ raszL4 L5 paddle triggers - yeah, at 5:35 Linus mentions "they might change that" because Valve screwed badly with the patent and lost $4mil lawsuit (to Corsair)https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/3/22264213/valve-steam-contro...
Winner of the lawsuit just announced they will fight for $6.5mil in attorney fees too https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/386244/Winner_in_Steam_C...
⬐ jay_kyburzputting buttons where your fingers rest doesn't seem like a novel idea to me.⬐ raszThe problem was Valve didnt even bother trying to invalidate the patent, they simply ignored the owner when they reached out.⬐ phendrenad2⬐ db48xSo someone just needs to file 100,000 patent claims against me, and since I can't respond to all of them, they win by default?⬐ jay_kyburzI feel like, if I wasn't busy with about 5 other projects I would start submitting patents for programmable buttons for all kinds of devices that you hold.⬐ raszLawsuit wasnt lost by default. Lawsuit was lost because infringement was willful and premeditated. Patent owner contacted Valve as soon as product was on the market. If you are a $10-20 billion corporation and someone contacts your legal department asking for a meeting concerning patent dispute then yes, you better respond instead of wishing really hard they go away.⬐ phendrenad2Still sounds like guilty until proven innocent to me. If you do nothing, "oh you didn't try to invalidate it". Valve probably receives tons of "patent infringement" spam, and if they accidentally mis-file a serious patent lawsuit (which would be worth trying to invalidate) with the "not even worth responding to" patent notices, then they deserve to lose? Is that right?⬐ raszThey had a second chance in court, and blew that one too.Patentable inventions don’t have to be complicated, they only have to be dressed up in complicated language for the patent application.