Editing Interlink Electronics

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'''Interlink Electronics, Inc.'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/2619159|title=INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. :: OpenCorporates|website=opencorporates.com|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref> is a technology company that specializes in manufacturing sensors that are used in electronic portable devices, such as smartphones, GPS systems, and in industrial computers and systems controls.

==History==
Interlink was founded on April 30, 1996,<ref name=":0" /> and released the first [[force-sensing resistor]] for commercial use in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interlinkelectronics.com/resistive-sensor-technology|title=Resistive Sensor Technology|last=Inc.|first=Interlink Electronics|website=www.interlinkelectronics.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-05|title=Force Sensing Resistor - How it Works and its Applications|url=https://www.elprocus.com/force-sensing-resistor-technology/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=ElProCus - Electronic Projects for Engineering Students|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2001, Interlink helped [[Microsoft]] design the [[game controller|controller]] for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/microsoft-teams-with-interlink-electronics-for-xbox-controllers|title=Microsoft Teams with Interlink Electronics for Xbox Controllers|author=Matthew Barker|publisher=Gamasutra|date=2001-01-16|access-date=2006-12-27}}</ref>

== Legal ==
Interlink Electronics filed a [[Patent infringement|patent-infringement]] lawsuit against [[Nintendo]] in December 2006 over the pointing functionality of the [[Wii Remote]], claiming "loss of reasonable royalties, reduced sales and/or lost profits as a result of the [[Infringing copyright|infringing activities]]" of Nintendo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750001p1.html|title=IGN: Nintendo Sued for Patent Infringement|date=2006-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213042423/http://wii.ign.com/articles/750/750001p1.html|access-date=2018-12-08|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-12-13}}</ref><ref name="gov.uscourts.ded.37438">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.ded.37438|title=gov.uscourts.ded.37438|others=RECAP Project}}</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed by Interlink in March 2007.<ref name="gov.uscourts.ded.37438"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.ded.37438|title=Case docket: Interlink Electronics Inc. v. Nintendo of America|website=ia800200.us.archive.org|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.interlinkelectronics.com/ Interlink Electronics website]
*[http://www.interlinkelectronics.com/resistive.php FSR(tm)]

[[Category:Computer companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Computer hardware companies]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Electronics companies established in 1984]]
[[Category:Electronics companies of the United States]]

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