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Sony Ordered to Pay For Dual Shock Tech
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that a ruling against the Japanese software giant has been handed down in the case of Immersion vs. Sony. Immersion sued the company over the force feedback effect experienced in the dual-shock controller, which it has a patent on. From the article: "Now a Californian district court has ordered Sony to pay a 1.37 per cent license fee based on sales of the PlayStation console and of the named videogames, to be paid quarterly effective from July 1st."
I'll have you know this can also be used for men - the dual shock controllers are excellent for stimulating the prostate, or so I'm told.
xBox already settled with Immersion to the tune of $26 million
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http://news.com.com/Microsoft+settles+suit+with+I
http://www.tomandemily.com
... and Nintendo has patented rumble before Immersion has.
I've compared the patents the last time something relating to Immersion was posted, Immersion has patents for all kinds of variations of controllers (e.g. a controller with two analog sticks and two rumble motors as seen here, a joystick with rumble, etc) but Nintendo holds the patent for rumble with a single unit in a gamepad or something like that. Immersion's patents even reference Nintendo's patents for prior art but claim that because they cover different input devices they aren't conflicting with N's earlier patents. I'd call that a trivial step up but whatever.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.