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Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback

Posted by michael on from the putting-a-damper-on-things dept.

stereoroid writes: "Immersion Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Sony and Microsoft, alleging unauthorised use of their patents - here's their press release. The suit alleges that any use of touch or force feedback in their consoles violates their patents. For some obscure reason, this was first reported in the Irish Times today."

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  1. Obscure? by dardem · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is it so obscure? The Irish Times is a brilliant newspaper.

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  2. Re:Irish Times by kimba · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nitpicker eh? "you're" means "you are", so I think you missed a comma in "Just you're average, nitpicker".

    Just your average nitpicker.

  3. Re:Irish Times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i am guessing his sig was meant in jest. you're just not in on the joke apparantly

  4. Re:Irish Times by peripatetic_bum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just surious, but how are the Irish doing in these tech times?

    thanks

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  5. First Beta of Netscape 7.0 released by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Download it from here

  6. Re:Irish Times by Gopher971 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So much for comedy.

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    Just you're average nitpicker.