The company responsible for the Wikipad device sued Nintendo a few years ago, although the case has now been reopened.
There is no doubt about the great success of nintendoswitch. The hybrid console of the big N has managed to sell no less than 125 million units to date, with which it still has room to make a name for itself in history before Nintendo Switch 2 lands or whatever the successor finally wants to be called. To make up the console’s calendar for the second half of 2023, those from Kyoto would be preparing a new Nintendo Direct for this week. However, it’s not all good news in the Japanese company, since the case of a plagiarism lawsuit.
To find out about this case, we have to go back to 2020, where the company responsible for the wikipad deviceGamevice, sued Nintendo for an alleged plagiarism in design and concept. As the company stated at the time, the Detachable Joy-Con they were an original idea that the big N had plagiarized, incurring a copyright violation. At that time the lawsuit was dismissed, but recently a judge wanted to reopen the case, so movement is expected in the offices of Nintendo’s lawyers in the coming months.
The case for the alleged plagiarism of Nintendo Switch is reopened, although it does not seem worrisome
The argument used by Judge Richard G. Seeborg to reopen this case focuses on the fact that in 2020 the claims not studied properly, so you want to reanalyze the case the right way to get to the bottom of it. From Nintendo it slips that they are not excessively concerned about this matter, since the data studied in the past affirmed that the plagiarism accusations were totally unfounded. In this way, it is expected that the result will be the same no matter how much the case has been reopened.
However, Gamevice’s strategy at the time seemed quite clear, seeing the success of Nintendo Switch and trying to make a name for itself with the publicity associated with its name. wikipad is a device that allows you to play titles dedicated to mobile phones and tablets.