EXHIBIT 5
May 9, 2008
Immersion Corporation
801 Fox Lane
San Jose, CA 95131
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as legal counsel for Immersion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), for the registration of up to
1,800,000 shares of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company (the Shares) which may be
issued pursuant to awards granted under Immersion Corporation 2008 Employment Inducement Award Plan
(the Plan).
We have examined all instruments, documents and records which we deemed relevant and necessary
for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We are admitted to
practice only in the State of California and we express no opinion concerning any law other than
the law of the State of California, the corporation laws of the State of Delaware and the federal
law of the United States. As to matters of Delaware corporation law, we have based our opinion
solely upon our examination of such laws and the rules and regulations of the authorities
administering such laws, all as reported in standard, unofficial compilations. We have not
obtained opinions of counsel licensed to practice in jurisdictions other than the State of
California.
Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that the Shares which may be issued under the
Plan are duly authorized and, when issued against receipt of the consideration therefor in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
referred to above and the use of our name wherever it appears in said Registration Statement. In
giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.
This opinion letter is given to you solely for use in connection with the issuance of the
Shares in accordance with the Registration Statement and is not to be relied on for any other
purpose. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and we render no
opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the
Shares or the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ DLA Piper US LLP
DLA Piper US LLP