These patent infringement lawsuits really are getting out of hand. This time, Sony, Nintendo and Nokia are being sued over a patent for an invention that will "allow an operator to distribute messages having aural or visual content that is generated by the operator using handheld apparatuses such as mobile telephones."

I'm wondering why they stopped at three companies. They should sue every major electronics company while they're at it.

*Cheesy advisory message voice* Are you out of money? Is your bank account dry? Then patent any old thing you can think of, then sue a video game company!

After a two-year court battle, Agere Systems won its patent infringement lawsuit against Sony, who was forced to pay the amount of US$ 18.5 million for their tech that have "wireless local area network apparatus." Details after the link.

Earlier this month, rumors of a Western release for Monster Hunter Portable 2ng G sparked anew when Capcom mentioned a certain "Monster Hunter Unite" in one of their surveys. Well, guess what? Capcom has filed a trademark for "Monster Hunter Freedom Unite"!

This news is just about to fire up more theories regarding the much-desired PSP Phone. Sony has just been awarded patent rights for a "hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels." While there's nothing in it to clearly indicate this is for a PSP Phone, it still feeds our imaginations something mighty, don't it? Read more after the jump.

Keeping tabs on the prospect of another Castlevania game in the works? Then here's another tidbit that Konami Digital may have thrown our way: another registered trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been found to be bearing the title Castlevania on it. Castlevania Judgment, to be exact. All the details in the full article, so you'd better hurry.

We never know what Capcom has up its sleeves - one day it'd be announcing Street Fighter 4, and then revealing a Bionic Commando remake the next. An intriguing tidbit just came up, which is a trademark filing for "Spyborgs" that may hint at the company's next project. More details after the jump.

Here's something that may get all Castlevania fans excited: A new Castlevania title has been spotted as a newly-filed trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Titled as Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, there's still no word if the game is the new Nintendo DS Castlevania that Koji Igarashi has been hinting about, or if it will be released for other platforms. More details in the full article.

(Editor's Note: From highs and lows, and everything in between, QuickPeek 37 is going to hit you hard - and it's going to hit you good.)

Time to grab your trusty QuickPeek walking stick, because there's lots and lots of catching up to do. The gaming industry's taken the high road, and that's our cue to help you guys out. Time for the weekly roll call of the hottest items that dropped in during the past seven days! It's one heck of a landslide, folks!

Want to see another patent detailing a PSP Phone? Well, we have one for you today that has just been recently unearthed. It was dated year 2006 but it's amazing how the patent talks of a touchscreen display with vibration functions. Know more after the jump!

Sony is coming out with Mezone - what seems to be a brand new television and home entertainment system that features a broad list of entertainment media. It's all so exciting, except... no one knows what it is yet. Sony has patented the trademark but the Mezone website won't let anyone with the proper IP address take a peek inside. What could Sony be up to? More on Mezone in the full article.