That is right. A multi-national, multi-million dollar corporation stole some technology from the little guy and passed it off as there own... like this doesn't happen every day?
SONY the makers of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 have been banned from selling PlayStation 2 and other systems in the USA after reports have been come forward and reasonably substantiated that the force feed back system "Analog Dual Shock" component of the PlayStation controllers, which makes them rumble to the action on screen, was stolen technology. Sony has said they hope to have this cleared up by the Christmas rush this year. They will comply with the ban of PlayStation in the USA and are trying to quickly solve the issue. While sales have been temporary suspended in the USA, SONY of America has not stopped advertising as this wasn't part of the suspension in the attack. This may lead to the removal of the contended portion of the product from further sales.
Well I guess that means no PSP for me for awhile.
EDIT:
Luckly Microsoft knows how to pay people off....Three years ago, Northern California technology company Immersion Corporation brought a suit against Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation claiming patent infringement of its proprietary technology used in the controllers for the companies' home consoles: the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.
Microsoft settled out of court with Immersion in 2003, avoiding messy legal proceedings for $26 million, which also got Microsoft a 10 percent stake in Immersion.
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Thread: Sony Stole Psx Components!
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March 30th, 2005, 02:16 #1EmuTalk Member
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Sony Stole Psx Components!
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March 30th, 2005, 02:28 #2EmuTalk Member
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yea i read about that last night on slashdot....i really wonder how this will go...its hard to imagine sony just packing up their playstations and going back to japan :S
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Yeah that wont happen. The last time Imersion brought this up Microsoft setteled this... now the own a good bit more of the company that is bringing it up. I think SONY will settle it soon... they are hoping to have it settled by the Christmas rush this year... but for now they can't sell the PSs Dual Shock or the games the uses it. It wont do much they'll pay an outlandish amount of money and be able to continue to sell it.
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April 2nd, 2005, 22:13 #4The Rocking PC Wiz
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That's worrying!!! I wonder if that company is going to go after every company for manufacturing controllers with force-feedback? I hope not!!!
That company perhaps has a patent claim for *ALL* force feedback systems!!!"Sorry about that, old chap." -Conker
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Microsoft already licensed their technology from that company. Logitech, and several other 3rd parties did also. Nintendo's rumble tech is different enough to not fall under this patent(they have their own patent for it).
Nothing can stop me now.
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April 3rd, 2005, 00:13 #6At your service, dood!
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Nintendo of America and Microsoft will be pleased anyway.
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April 3rd, 2005, 19:18 #7EmuTalk Member
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Patents like these are causing lawsuits just about every day now.
But to claim Sony stole it? That's funny.
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April 4th, 2005, 23:36 #8Raging Moose
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Who says originality doesn't pay any more? Go Big N!
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April 5th, 2005, 01:29 #9Meh...
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i heard this was an april fools joke.
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No, it is not, and a multi million company does not get that amount of money playing fair and square, they will settle it soon enough.
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