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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 09:201 Petition for Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Award

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IMMERSION CORPORATION,

Plaintiff, 

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SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 

AMERICA LLC, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-00857-RMW 

ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO 

CONFIRM ARBITAL AWARD 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 38 

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Plaintiff Immersion Corporation petitions this court to confirm an arbital award against 

defendants Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 

(collectively, “Sony”) under the New York Convention. Dkt. No. 1. Sony opposes the petition and 

requests that the award be vacated pursuant to Article V of the New York Convention and §10 of 

the Federal Arbitration Act. Dkt. No. 38. The court heard argument on April 1, 2016. For the 

reasons set forth below, the court grants Immersion’s petition to confirm the award. Sony’s motion 

to vacate is denied. Immersion’s request for attorney’s fees is denied. 

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IV. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Sony’s motion to vacate the award is denied. Immersion’s 

petition to confirm the award is granted. Immersion’s request for attorney’s fees is denied. 

The court has filed this order under seal. If either party believes that any portion discloses 

confidential information, the party must file an administrative motion to file under seal within 14 

days of this order. The motion must be accompanied by an unredacted version of the order, filed 

under seal, highlighting the portions of the order that the party seeks to seal. The motion must also 

be accompanied by a declaration establishing that such portions of the order are sealable. No 

proposed order or redacted version of the order need be filed. If neither party moves to seal any 

 

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part of this order with 14 days, this order will be made public in its entirety. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 26, 2016

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Ronald M. Whyte

United States District Judge

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