Screen Rant

  • Valve faces a lawsuit for alleged patent infringement. 1 / 8

  • The suit was filed by Ironburg Inventions, the IP holder of controller manufacturer SCUF. 2 / 8

  • Valve allegedly copied Ironburg's controller design in its Steam Controller. 3 / 8

  • The controller, released between 2014 and 2019, featured track pads on the front. 4 / 8

    Valve Patents New Steam Controller Design With Swappable Components (TLDR)

  • It also had rear buttons, which Ironburg claimed to have patented. 5 / 8

  • Valve was allegedly warned about the patent, but continued with the Steam Controller release anyway. 6 / 8

    Valve Patents New Steam Controller Design With Swappable Components (TLDR)

  • Valve's lawyer says the suit is based on an "altered reality" with falsified images. 7 / 8

  • A trial between Valve and Ironburg began this week via Zoom. 8 / 8