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[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Sony fined $90m and must halt PS2 sales

Sony Corp. today confirmed it had been ordered by a U.S. court to pay over $90 million in damages and must halt sales of all Playstation consoles in the United States, following the loss of a patent infringement case against technology group Immersion.

Californian based Immersion Corp. claimed back in 2002 that Sony infringed on its patented technology which allows console controllers to vibrate in time to actions in games. The tactical feedback system was named "Dual Shock" by Sony.

Sony were quick to deny the claims, but a U.S. court on Friday found in favour of Immersion. Sony were fined $90.7 million and ordered to stop selling both the Playstation and Playstation 2 consoles, along with forty seven games titles that use the force feedback technology.

Sony disagreed with the federal court decision and said it will continue to sell the consoles and games until the end of an appeal case, which will be heard in a high court.

The $90.7 million award is three times more than Immersion's total revenues last year, which amounted to only $23.8 million.

Shares in Sony fell only 0.9% on the news.

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By the time the appeal process is over, I doubt this will have much effect on anything but this is still interesting.

 

[AniHawk]

Old, use the search function, and all that jazz.

And by the time they finish with the appeal, it won't matter.

 

[evilromero]

Amazing news.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Old, use the search function, and all that jazz.

Yeah I kinda thought it might be, but I'm lazy.

 

[AniHawk]

Yeah I kinda thought it might be, but I'm lazy.

It's on the front page.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Jesus I must be going blind. I totally missed that.

Heh. Sorry about that.

 

[AniHawk]

Heh. Sorry about that.

You should be.

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

We must sacrifice him to the Gods (of War), for he has sinned! And not just any sin, either.. THE SIN OF REPEATED TOPICS, OF NOT USING THE SEARCH FUNCTION, ETC. In the words of Shang Tsung.. You.. Will.. Die..




Damn, I could care less if there's another topic posted about the same thing posted before. His title was more interesting, so I came into here, not even really noticing/thinking about the other one. :lol

 

[FitzOfRage]

We must sacrifice him to the Gods (of War), for he has sinned! And not just any sin, either.. THE SIN OF REPEATED TOPICS, OF NOT USING THE SEARCH FUNCTION, ETC. In the words of Shang Tsung.. You.. Will.. Die..




Damn, I could care less if there's another topic posted about the same thing posted before. His title was more interesting, so I came into here, not even really noticing/thinking about the other one. :lol

Yeah, even though this is like the 3rd time it was posted, I think you deserve a consolosation prize for being able to name your thread better

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

Yeah, even though this is like the 3rd time it was posted, I think you deserve a consolosation prize for being able to name your thread better

Yes! He deserves to be praised, not insulted and looked down upon!

 

[Solid]

Only in America :lol :lol

 

[xexex]

Sony to stop selling Playstation2s because of court order ? LOL


Sony to court: we don't think so. fight us. we will crush you.