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 buttons and triggers. These include “rear-side control surfaces” as included in their original lawsuit filing. SCUF is very good at creating and patenting video game controller triggers, levers, and buttons.