The battle between Nintendo and Gamevice just took an interesting turn: the United States International Trade Commission is seemingly investigating the Nintendo Switch, according to a Reuters report. Or, at least the USITC is investigating "certain portable gaming console systems with attachable handheld controllers and components." Which, we can confidently assume is the Switch. This is the latest development in the legal saga between Nintendo and Gamevice, with a lawsuit filed back in August of 2017.
It's worth noting that Gamevice first made the Wikipad, an Android tablet that had a large controller attachment. This was a one-piece attachment, and it doesn't have all the features that Nintendo's Joy-Cons have. However, their similarities have clearly led to a bit of a legal kerfuffle between Nintendo and Gamevice.
I doubt that Gamevice is doing this as a way to be a Grinch and shut down all Switch sales in the US, to direct all people that want a hybrid system to buy a Gamevice. What is far more likely is that Gamevice is trying to utilize its patent to get financial remuneration from Nintendo going forward. After all, why shut down an extremely popular patent-infringing product, when you could instead perhaps get a cut of every unit sold, by licensing your patent" The Switch is gonna sell a ton more units, that's a lot of money to be made! Now, Nintendo's probably not going to just give up a piece of their sales easily, so you might have to use the cour...