I already brought this up in the thread about the tilt technology. The controller, which is a third party device also came after the microsoft tilt controller for the PC. Sony later filed the patent for the six axis tech, which they used for the ps3 and that same thing nintendo fanboys are saying sony copied when in fact it was there long before the wiimote was made public.
Thanks for posting it though, its good to clear up some of these misconceptions.