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Controller Patent Suit Won Against Sony

Posted by Zonk on from the really-easy-jokes dept.

ivec writes "Immersion Corporation announced that the jury returned a verdict favorable to Immersion in its patent infringement suit against Sony Computer Entertainment. The jury found that Sony infringed all the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,275,213 and 6,424,333 and that those claims were valid. I was surprised how recent these filings were (2000 and 2001). The patents cover 'vibrating devices' such as joysticks."

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  1. This is probably redundant, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Prior art?

    My N64 controller vibrates. My old MS SideWinder Joystick (1st Gen) vibrates. And I think these devices are older than 2000 or '01. Didn't one variation of the SNES have a vibrating-type device in it?

    The press release is lacking details, and the patents only confused me. Can prior art be claimed here?