A leader in haptic feedback technology, Immersion, San Jose, California, announced the settlement of a lawsuit the company filed against Microsoft Corp. in February 2002. According to the agreement, Microsoft will license Immersion's haptic patent portfolio in exchange for cash payments of up to $35 million. Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), Mountain View, has joined Discreet's infrastructure sparks partner program. As a result, the two companies will work together to qualify elements of SGI's InfiniteStructure system, including the SGI SAN Server and SGI CXFS file system, to work with various Discreet software products.