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Sony fails to win PlayStation controller caseSiggy @ Mar 17, 2006 05:56 | 2 comments
The jury of Federal Circuit Court of Appeal found Sony Computer Entertainment guilty in 2004 and had to pay Immersion $82m in damages which was increased to just over $90m in 2005. Sony wasn't satisfied to this and did appeal to that ruling as well as filed an appeal to District Court claiming that Immersion had tried to hide discussions with inventor Craig Thorner. Craig Thorner had been developing technology similar to what the Immersion's patents cover.
Judge Wilken of the US Court for the Northern District of California didn't find Craig Thorner, Sony's witness, credible. The judge dismissed the appeal after not being convinced by the Sony's witness or about the $150.000 payment from Sony to Thorner which was explained as an advance royalty payment.
The appeal about the original case for Federal Circuit Court is still ongoing and undecided.
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The patent case about the vibrating PlayStation controller that dates few years back to 2002, was turned upside-down, as the originally sued and found guilty, Sony filed an appeal on Immersion Corporation for hiding crucial information.
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Comment by: peanuts2 (Mar 17, 2006 11:01) sony's a bunch of cheap f$@ks.Ok, umm we payed you 150,000 is that ok? of course david thorner isn't going to settle for that.That's not a royalty it's a payment made by sony.He would be charging a fee for every controller made by sony with the gizmo and patent he made.It's about time that they have to pay for a patent infringment.I guess if it's ok for sony to steal then I will be copying some of their music because they make stealing to be ok LOL.They should have just payed this guy to begin with because it's costing them more money delaying their new system. |
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Comment by: paul1085 (Mar 31, 2006 08:53) True very true in which case sony won't mind me downloading a couple more of there top titles then :)  
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