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March 29, 2005 12:00 AM

Sony Ordered To Pay $90 Million, Stop Selling PlayStation

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As Sony celebrated the launch of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) last week, a US district court handed the electronic giant a defeat that threatens to take the popular PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles off store shelves. The court upheld a decision that ordered Sony to pay a company called Immersion $82 million for infringing on patents related to the vibration technology Sony uses in its Dual Shock controllers. The court raised the judgment to $90 million, which includes interest on the original $82 million, and ordered the company to stop selling the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles, as well as two game controllers and 47 software titles. Sony says that it will appeal the decision; the suspension order won't go into effect until after the company's appeal is heard. The ruling doesn't affect the new PSP, which debuted last week to strong sales. Sony has yet to announce official sales figures, but the company expected the 1 million units it made available at launch to be completely sold out in the first few days of availability



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  • Samuel
    6 years ago
    Apr 23, 2006

    i want to buy a sony playstation1&2 online ,i have my cc i want it fast

  • Scott Hall
    6 years ago
    Mar 09, 2006

    I think this whole law suit is gay. The only reason they are sueing sony is because sony made a lot of money on what they have made.Immersion just has a hair across their butt

  • Randy W
    7 years ago
    Mar 30, 2005

    I think this is great!! Companies who go after the little guy for "stealing" their technology and now they are being beaten down by the little guy!!

    I agree with Jim, just buy the little company if you really want their technology -- although, it looks like the price tag just went up a little bit. Keep on rocking the corporate world little guys!!

  • Jim Vega
    7 years ago
    Mar 30, 2005

    The of U.S. Department of Patents and Trademarks has given out patents for ideas and gadgets that never should have been patented.

    Sony instead of appealing should just buy the company - a la MS. (;

  • The Sandman
    7 years ago
    Mar 30, 2005

    The suit was originally filed the beginning of 2002, so it's been going on for 3 years. Prior to that, Immersion was in negotiations with Soney to settle the infringement claims with no success, so they really didn't wait so long... it just took this long for Sony to be held accountable.

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