I think it's a true testament to Microsoft's pathicness (pathetability? pathetitude?) that the only way they can gain an advantage over their competition is by way of lawsuit. Not by being a better company with a better product, but through another typically trivial civil action. Damn US legal system with no 'floodgates' principle...

Since vibrating controllers have existed since N64 days (admittedly, the Rumble Pack was a slightly different system) there should be some means to counter this lawsuit. I mean, imagine if the makers of Pong decided to copyright the joystick. Practically every console ever (except for the Sega MS/MD and the NES/SNES) would be affected.

This is like that time Wizards of the Coast (makers of Magic: The Gathering) said they were going to copyright card games. They didn't succeed, did they?