Sony's been fine a whopping $90m and ordered to stop PlayStation sales in the US after apparently infringing a patent. Here's CNN's take (from Reuters):
Sony's game unit said on Monday it was ordered by a U.S. court to pay about $90 million in damages and to halt game machine sales in the United States in a patent infringement case against Immersion Corp.
Sony Computer Entertainment said it disagreed with the decision by a federal district court in California and would appeal to a higher court.
SCE said it will continue U.S. sales as the suspension order, which covers PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles, two game controllers and 47 software titles, will not go into effect before the appeal and because Sony will be paying compulsory licence fees to Immersion, an SCE spokeswoman said.
The argument revolves around the technology used to make PS controllers vibrate - which Immersion say it invented, and Sony is using without permission.
The decision this weekend was confirmation of a jury ruling made last year.
