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Sony Ordered to Pay For Dual Shock Tech

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-that-was-yours? dept.

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."

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  1. appliable to other things? by jj110888 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What if everyone who says Linux infringes on their patents gets a ruling that Linus must pay them a dollar for every kernel he sells? Its like nullifying the effect of software patents on F/OSS