| 25 May 2007 08:43 am |
------SSDD------ Rep: 35  Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 12,344 OFFLINE | I got this from bungie.net, I’ll try to bug the creator for a link to the actual page, so it COULD be from something like a blog, so it could be untrue. but here you go.
This may be bad...
Sony sued over Blu-ray
California company alleges patent infringements in PS3 maker’s latest optical disc technology.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted May 24, 2007 3:52 pm PT
Given its global position as an electronics giant, Sony is quite familiar with patent law. The company is also quite familiar with the potential penalties for running afoul of patent law, as evidenced by the $97 million in damages and interest it had to pay Immersion Corporation in a dispute over the rumble functions in Dual Shock controllers.
While the two companies have since patched things up, Sony opted to leave rumble by the wayside when it was designing the PlayStation 3’s motion-sensing Sixaxis controller. The electronics giant couldn’t avoid patent headaches entirely, however, as Irvine, California-based Target Technology Company filed suit earlier this month, seeking damages for alleged patent violations relating to the Blu-ray technology used in the system.
The suit, which names Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sony Pictures, and Sony DADC, claims that products marketed under the Blu-ray name infringe on a patent it owns for reflective layer materials in optical discs. The patent addresses what Target called a need for specific types of silver-based alloys with the advantages (but not the price) of gold. According to the patent, the alloys are also more resistant to corrosion than pure silver. The patent was filed in April of 2004 and granted in March of 2006.
Target is seeking a permanent injunction preventing Sony from violating its patent rights in the future, as well as damages with interest, multiplied due to what it characterizes as deliberate and willful infringement.
Neither Sony representatives nor Target attorneys had returned GameSpot’s requests for comment as of press time.
could this mean end of blu ray for PS3?? i hope not...
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| 25 May 2007 11:44 am |
UBER 1337 Poster Rep: 4 Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 3,024 OFFLINE | I’m not believing it until I see the link, but if it is true I may just laugh until I cry.
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| 25 May 2007 11:44 am |
King of MVC Rep: 26 Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 8,489 OFFLINE | That would be hilarious if this went through. What is Sony to do with all the PS3’s out there using blue ray? Just stop producing games for them?
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| 25 May 2007 11:51 am |
UBER 1337 Poster Rep: 4Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 3,024 OFFLINE | Sony would be completely fucked in all holes if this went through.
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| 25 May 2007 12:07 pm |
Taking noobs to school Rep: 42 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 15,967 OFFLINE | You guys are dumb..even if they get sued they will still use bluray
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| 25 May 2007 02:27 pm |
is causing chaos. Rep: 29 Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 8,135 OFFLINE | These things never pull through...
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| 25 May 2007 02:27 pm |
~ Vi Veri ~ Rep: 66 Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 32,681 OFFLINE | Guys, this is bad, if this is true and did happen, the ps3 would be doomed....
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Dr. Matt Rep: 48 Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 14,546 OFFLINE | Actually now that I read some of the comments from that article, I think Target might have a case. Blu-Ray was announced in 2002 and Target’s patent was granted in 2004. If that’s before when Sony patented it, then Sony is in trouble.
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| 25 May 2007 03:24 pm |
The one and only OP Rep: 26 Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 9,100 OFFLINE | It’s still one of the stupidest patent cases I’ve ever heard of.
Sony’ll win this one.
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~ Vi Veri ~ Rep: 66Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 32,681 OFFLINE | not exactly, they can easily lose if the right evidence is placed before the Jury and Judge.
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| 25 May 2007 03:27 pm |
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| 25 May 2007 03:27 pm |
~ Vi Veri ~ Rep: 66Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 32,681 OFFLINE | Soooo... Target can get sued or what? 
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| 25 May 2007 03:31 pm |
Dr. Matt Rep: 48Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 14,546 OFFLINE | The way I see it, Target has the patent and as far as I know Sony doesn’t have any evidence to suggest they didn’t infringe on it. I think Target may have a case. If Sony isn’t stupid they’re just going to pay to use the patent instead of stubbornly going into the lawsuit and getting bad publicity with the possibility of losing the lawsuit and getting owned up the ass.
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