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Sony sued over Blu-ray
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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.
Target does not specify in its suit whether it believes all Blu-ray discs infringe on its patent, or just a portion of discs manufactured in specific ways. 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.
Sony representatives declined to comment, while Target's attorneys had not returned GameSpot's requests for comment as of press time.
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I wouldn't call this frivelous either, what with them actually having issued the patent years ago.
Couldn't be anything to do with Bluray outselling HD-DVD, no sir.
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Huh? When did Blu-ray become popular and "has been going decent"?
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What's the point in suing over a patent infringement that has yet to make money? You'd spend more money in court and lawyer fees than you'd actually get out of the whole shebang. The point in suing over patent infringements is to recoup losses that exist, not losses that might exist.
the word "while" which you omitted completely changes the meaning of the sentence. Nice bit of bizarre outrage there though, especially considering I didn't mention popularity at all
It's selling better than HD DVD. Though I wouldn't go as far to say it's popular.
This would be terribly interesting if they lost the lawsuit considering the PS3 is hinged around the Blue-Ray Whether or not they would have to stop making the console entirely
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Agreed, but can we all just say "olol Sony" anyway?
One outselling the other doesn't mean much when neither are selling well at all...
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The article said nothing of the console, it's all focused on the actual discs themselves.
Well I'm going to go out on a limb here and say if they can't sell any more games on DISCS then they might be a bit up the creek.
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It's all a race to the patent office, basically.
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and wasnt sony going to be using Blu-ray before march 06?
It's funny how all these tiny little companies try to take on the big guns.
Its like a guppy picking a fight with Sin.
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PS: what the fuck is with this patenting shit anyway.
Sure patent your design, but for fucks sake dont patent that it uses plastic. Or a press. Or that is stores information. Or that people make it.
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Sony kinda put themselves in a reputation for, erm, "being inspired" by other companies' ideas.
At least, that's what I remember from my Design Prac lecture...
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Are you referring to the Six-Axis? Maybe it's because I don't actually own a PS3, but it seems like the whole Six-Axis / Wii comparison kinda died out a while ago.
They issued it in 2004. Sony have been working on the Blu-Ray for like a decade. Who wins?
The lawyers? <.<
Is there any info on Sony patening their blu-ray stuffs?
They've probably been sending letters to Sony for months accusing them of patent infringement (and asking for a settlement), and are only now launching a lawsuit.
But, it's probably frivolous anyway. Most patent lawsuits are.
The Blu-Ray Association was founded in 2002 and research into it probably didn't being that long before the group was formed. There is the question of when Sony decided to start using the alloy.
Wait, it doesn't even matter. This lawsuit is stupid and it will go nowhere.
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They could probably just throw money at the problem until it went away. Buy the company suing them, and their houses/families/souls.
Even better, Sony could put a patent on their lives and get sued by God and his lawyers.
I suppose they could always buy the patent off them, but the potential value of it would be probably in the order of billions of dollars.
What would be really interesting if then Microsoft would then do the ultimate hardball move and then buy the patent. THAT would be interesting to see.
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I really doubt that these guys have any intention of taking it all the way and wrestling Blu-Ray away from Sony, even if their case is strong enough to make that even remotely possible. They just want a piece of the pie.
It is legit. This isn't just some random two men company, it is Target Technology, company behind silver alloy coating that is currently used in nearly all commercially pressed DVDs.
Exactly. All they need to do is convince Sony that a judge might be persuaded that their claim is valid. Once they do that, Sony will possibly decide that it's better just to send a massive cash settlement their way, rather than face the risk of losing the case.