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Sony ordered to pay $90.7 mil. in patent infringement suit

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  • 28-03-2005 2:46pm
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    tck
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    http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=332037

    "LOS ANGELES — The U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, has ordered Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and its U.S. unit to pay $90.7 million in damages to Immersion Corp. for patent infringement over controllers used with PlayStation game consoles.

    In the ruling handed down Thursday, the federal court also ordered Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Entertainment America Inc. to stop selling the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 game consoles using Dualshock controllers as well as more than 40 game software products. (Kyodo News)"

    not the good news sony wants to hear now is it ?


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    #2
    Ciaran500
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=239365

    ;)


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    Rew
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    Why just sony dosn't nearly every console have virbation controlers...? Looks like there all pretty ****ed!


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    Ciaran500
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    Microsoft own 10% of Imersion corp and has bought the license, so there safe. Not sure how Nintendo fair out.


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    monkeyfudge
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    Ico and Ape Escape are among the titles being blocked. They're pretty much the best games on the PS2.

    Does anyone know what the nature of the patent is? It must mean more than just vibration.

    This is just a district court anyway. It can be appealed much higher yet.


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    KdjaCL
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    Its a patent in the way the pad is made and works, Ninty have their own from Star Fox days so they safe.


    kdjac


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    Winters
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    Mayve the PS3 might hit Europe before America now :)


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    evad_lhorg
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    why are they to stop makin the controllers? i dont get it?


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    #9
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Cause they didn't pay for the license to use the technology that Immersion Corp had already patented.


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    L5
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    Rew wrote:
    Why just sony dosn't nearly every console have virbation controlers...? Looks like there all pretty ****ed!


    Nintendo were granted a free licence to use it, MS settled out of court.


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    Rew
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    What did Nitty do to deserve an exemption? Sombody said they have their own patent saving their arse (thought it was this thread but obvsiouly not).


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    KdjaCL
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    google rocks :D

    Nintendo have their own tech from way back then. I know the Lylat wars rumble pack was theres maybe thats how they got by it. They could always argue that they invented that before vibrating pads and thus including them inbuilt was just the next step.



    kdjac


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    #13
    Rew
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    Hmm well prior art would **** imersion right up as Sony could argue the patent is null and void due to the fact that others had used it before the patent, should be interesting.


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