Microsoft and Datel settled a lawsuit over Xbox controllers.

In April, Microsoft sued the U.K.-based game technology company, which makes controllers that work with Microsoft's Xbox video game system. Datel makes game system accessories that sell in Walmart, Best Buy and Target stores, and Microsoft said Datel's "TurboFire" and "Wildfire" controllers infringed on several of Microsoft's patents for controller design.

Microsoft filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Western Washington, according to court documents.

Microsoft declined to comment on the settlement, and did not disclose details about whether the settlement included a financial settlement.

Datel did not immediately return requests for comment.

The company has also sued Microsoft, claiming the company violated antitrust law. Wednesday's settlement does not have an impact on that lawsuit.

Update 2:19 p.m.:

Datel has a comment now.

"It’s a confidential settlement that resulted in the dismissal of the ITC [International Trade Commission] case and the case in the U.K.," said Marty Glick, attorney for the firm Howard Rice. "The antitrust case which was the first we filed of all of these is still very much full steam ahead."

The antitrust case, which Datel filed in November, claims Microsoft disabled Datel's memory cards and controllers for the Xbox 360. That case is pending in the U.S. District Court in Northern California.

Datel is now carrying a new controller called the TurboFire2, which has a different look than the original TurboFire model in the picture above.

"You can see it doesn’t look the same as it does the first time," Glick said.

Here is a photo of the new TurboFire 2 taken from Datel's Codejunkies web site.

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