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Holy Crow! Looks like they brought out the (vibrationless) PSP just in
time!
http://news.com.com/Sony+ordered+to+pay+90+million,+halt+game+sales/2100-1047_3-5641924.html
Sony ordered to pay $90 million, halt game sales
Published: March 27, 2005, 8:55 PM PST
By Reuters
Sony has been ordered by a U.S. court to pay about $90 million in
damages and to halt game console sales in the United States in a patent
infringement case against Immersion, the company's game unit said
Monday.
Sony Computer Entertainment said it disagreed with the decision by a
federal district court in California and would appeal to a higher
court.
SCE said it will continue U.S. sales as the suspension order--which
covers PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles, two game controllers and
47 software titles--will not go into effect before the appeal and
because Sony will be paying compulsory license fees to Immersion, an
SCE spokeswoman said.
Immersion, a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of tactile feedback
technology, claimed Sony Computer Entertainment infringed on its
technologies that make a game controller vibrate in sync with actions
in games, the Japanese game maker said.
The court's decision confirmed a ruling by a California jury last year
that ordered Sony to pay $82 million in the case. The amount was raised
to slightly more than $90 million due to interest.
In another intellectual property-related lawsuit between Japanese and
U.S. technology companies, Toshiba was ordered by a California jury
last week to pay a total of $465 million in punitive and other damages
to Lexar Media for stealing trade secrets.
Toshiba, the world's seventh-largest chipmaker, suggested it would
appeal the decision.
Holy Crow! Looks like they brought out the (vibrationless) PSP just in
time!
http://news.com.com/Sony+ordered+to+pay+90+million,+halt+game+sales/2100-1047_3-5641924.html
Sony ordered to pay $90 million, halt game sales
Published: March 27, 2005, 8:55 PM PST
By Reuters
Sony has been ordered by a U.S. court to pay about $90 million in
damages and to halt game console sales in the United States in a patent
infringement case against Immersion, the company's game unit said
Monday.
Sony Computer Entertainment said it disagreed with the decision by a
federal district court in California and would appeal to a higher
court.
SCE said it will continue U.S. sales as the suspension order--which
covers PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles, two game controllers and
47 software titles--will not go into effect before the appeal and
because Sony will be paying compulsory license fees to Immersion, an
SCE spokeswoman said.
Immersion, a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of tactile feedback
technology, claimed Sony Computer Entertainment infringed on its
technologies that make a game controller vibrate in sync with actions
in games, the Japanese game maker said.
The court's decision confirmed a ruling by a California jury last year
that ordered Sony to pay $82 million in the case. The amount was raised
to slightly more than $90 million due to interest.
In another intellectual property-related lawsuit between Japanese and
U.S. technology companies, Toshiba was ordered by a California jury
last week to pay a total of $465 million in punitive and other damages
to Lexar Media for stealing trade secrets.
Toshiba, the world's seventh-largest chipmaker, suggested it would
appeal the decision.
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