By Paolo Gorgo: As we wrote in our previous article, Immersion Corporation (IMMR) recently filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") against Motorola Mobility (MMI), and a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Thanks to a Scribd contributor, the patent infringement complaint is now available at this link, allowing investors to shed some additional light into Immersion's request for damages, and into the background of this legal action.
In its introduction about haptic feedback technology, Immersion's lawyers resume what the technology is basically about:
Haptic feedback is especially useful in electronic devices containing touchscreens, which tend to have primarily virtual buttons to control the device and very few physical buttons.
Vibrations restore a mechanical feel to electronic devices, immediately reassuring a user that they have successfully engaged a virtual button and improving the interface for consumers.
As we already knew, Immersion believes that
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