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The Plot thickens: Microsoft sues Immersion
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So Microsoft, who settled with Immersion back in 2003(lol sony?) on the use of the force feedback is now suing them right back, claiming breach of contract.
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I don't usually say this, but good for Microsoft. Immersion squatted on that patent, and got a lot of money from it. Hopefully they get thiers now.
EDIT: yes, I know how to spell article. e's are not that important anyway.
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I don't usually say this, but good for Microsoft. Immersion squatted on that patent, and got a lot of money from it. Hopefully they get thiers now.
EDIT: yes, I know how to spell article. e's are not that important anyway.
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Fucking thing. I made it sign a "No stubbing" clause just 4 months ago.
I am going to be such a millionaire.
Microsoft sues a company thatthey are part owner of, and then takes the liberty of choosing horrible lawyers for the other company.
I prodict that thefuture of corporate america will be monopolies suingthemselves, afterthere is no one else left to sue
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MS's original settlement was for $26 million, and they're now claiming to be owed $27.5 mil due to the money Sony paid Immersion... if they win (and a cursory reading of the blog linked in the article suggests that they have a very good case), MS will get paid 1.5 mil for doing nothing but licensing it first
Have I missed something. I was lead to believe that Immersion is an industry leader in force feedback devices, they actually build items based on their patents. As far as I'm aware they hardly squatted on the patent, suing less than a year (I think after the second of the two patents had been awarded. The only dodgy thing is the filing of the first patent (which the two patents that were infringed are based upon) happened after the dual shock was first released in Japan, I don't know how the US apptent system works in terms of first to file/first to invent.
I think it's a bot of a stretch about how they've gone from the full body stimualting devices of the patents down to joypads but the patent does describe exactly how the Dualshock and Microsoft pads produce their rumble.
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I would think it depends on how much of Immersion they own. I mean, if they own only 5% of the company, then I would think they are only entitled to 5% of the Sony money, which would be a little over $4.5mil.
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Im sorry are you and I talking about the same Microsoft?
Yeah but didn't they get sued last time they tried to create monopolies and use their influence to fuck over competitors?
Nice.
That's more or less gone away. There was a NY Times article a week or so ago about how all antitrust legislation against Microsoft has been sorta...blocked? by the Bush administration. I just basically saw the headlines and never got to read the article, but my gut instinct tells me that they don't care about that right now.
And, really, it's not monopolistic, at least in my opinion, to enforce a valid piece of their contractual agreement with Immersion. This is clearly Immersion and Sony tittering to each other saying "hey, let's word this so it doesn't sound like a settlement." It's a settlement, and no matter what Microsoft's actual motive is, Immersion should pay up.
Still, I don't think this has to do with Microsoft wanting to block Sony from getting force feedback for the PS3. I think this is more an act of spite. The funniest part of this whole thing is that Sony would have to pay a 25 cent royalty to Microsoft for each game sold. I wouldn't even give a fuck about the 27.5 mil. I'd just collect the quarters and fashion a gigantic piggybank. Maybe a vault. Like Scrooge McDuck. And I'd swim around in it. Oh yes. I would.
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Well isn't that interesting. Nice little clause MS has. I wonder if that will actually stand up in court.