Valve Sued Over Steam Deck and Valve Index Technology [May 16, 2023, 10:50 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Immersion Files Complaint Against Valve in U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Washington. This claims the Steam Deck and Valve Index contain
technology that infringes upon seven of Immersion's patents. The company
describes itself as "the leading innovator of touch feedback technology, also
known as haptics." It would also be fair to describe it as a patent troll. The
company's history
on Wikipedia includes six entries since 2000, five of which are patent
acquisitions or patent lawsuits, and there's a section labeled litigation
outlining a couple of additional lawsuits over patent infringement. In all the
company claims to own over 1,650 patents in the haptic field. Here's
word:
The complaint alleges that Valve’s handheld video game and augmented and virtual reality (“AR/VR”) systems, including the Steam Deck and Valve Index, infringe seven Immersion patents that cover various uses of haptic effects in connection with such systems. Immersion is seeking to enjoin Valve from further infringement and to recover a reasonable royalty for such infringement.
Re: Valve Sued Over Steam Deck and Valve Index Technology
May 16, 2023, 18:13
May 16, 2023, 18:13
Tipsy McStagger wrote on May 16, 2023, 13:02:Without doing any investigation myself I'd just assume it's a vulture capitalist situation. The company was eventually sold to money people who parted it out and kept the IP for patent trolling.
weird company profile on wikipedia there.. looks like it was a legitimate company at one point then just devolved into lawsuits for technology patents.
the biggest red flag is the CEO is a lawyer and chief counsel.. which makes that much worse optically.
One of the many reasons the US patent system needs a complete revamp.
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