Post: LG wants PS3's Banned from America
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02-09-2011, 07:54 AM
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Pillar2365
I use to give free rep :/
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Korean company LG wants Sony's PlayStation 3 and Bravia televisions banned in the US for what it claims are patent infringements relating to Blu-ray playback.
To quote from EuroGamer: "You must login or register to view this content. blog contacted Eurogamer to reveal You must login or register to view this content. filed with the US International Trade Commission in Washington relating to the complaint. mThe ITC has the power to block imports of products that violate US patents.
LG claims Sony is infringing four of its patents in a complaint that broadly relates to "certain electronic devices having a Blu-Ray Disc player and components thereof", but the PlayStation 3 (Model No. CECH-2501A) is the only Sony product to be specifically named in the main document of the complaint.
A You must login or register to view this content. reports suggests LG's claims are revenge for cases brought against it by Sony in December. Sony claims the Seoul-based company is infringing seven of its patents relating to LG phones. Sony has also filed a civil lawsuit against LG Blu-ray players.
LG and Sony are the world's second- and third-largest TV makers, trailing Samsung."
To quote from EuroGamer: "You must login or register to view this content. blog contacted Eurogamer to reveal You must login or register to view this content. filed with the US International Trade Commission in Washington relating to the complaint. mThe ITC has the power to block imports of products that violate US patents.
LG claims Sony is infringing four of its patents in a complaint that broadly relates to "certain electronic devices having a Blu-Ray Disc player and components thereof", but the PlayStation 3 (Model No. CECH-2501A) is the only Sony product to be specifically named in the main document of the complaint.
A You must login or register to view this content. reports suggests LG's claims are revenge for cases brought against it by Sony in December. Sony claims the Seoul-based company is infringing seven of its patents relating to LG phones. Sony has also filed a civil lawsuit against LG Blu-ray players.
LG and Sony are the world's second- and third-largest TV makers, trailing Samsung."
Originally posted by another user
The same day Sony threatened to sue anybody for posting the first-ever hack of its PlayStation 3 console, the videogame maker was itself hit with allegations that the Blu-ray player in the device breaches patents owned by LG Electronics.
LG, of Seoul, South Korea, You must login or register to view this content. (.pdf) that the Sony PS3 violates two patents in connection with how the videogame console renders Blu-ray data.
The claim came Friday, as You must login or register to view this content. for pretrial discovery in its lawsuit against New Jersey hacker George Hotz. He’d earned Sony’s ire by releasing the first full jailbreak for the 4-year-old console, enabling the PS3 to play pirated and home-brew games.
Hotz, who faces unspecified damages, is accused of breaching the You must login or register to view this content.t on allegations of trafficking in so-called “devices,” or code that circumvents measures designed to protect copyright works. Sony did not respond for comment.
LG, meanwhile, is demanding an “immediate investigation” by the trade commission and wants it to block the PlayStation 3 from being sold in the United States. Sony has sold about 41 million units worldwide.
The LG-Sony brouhaha is part of an ongoing infringement flap between the two electronics concerns. Sony demanded in December that the commission You must login or register to view this content. in the United States, amid accusations LG breached Sony phone patents.
LG, of Seoul, South Korea, You must login or register to view this content. (.pdf) that the Sony PS3 violates two patents in connection with how the videogame console renders Blu-ray data.
The claim came Friday, as You must login or register to view this content. for pretrial discovery in its lawsuit against New Jersey hacker George Hotz. He’d earned Sony’s ire by releasing the first full jailbreak for the 4-year-old console, enabling the PS3 to play pirated and home-brew games.
Hotz, who faces unspecified damages, is accused of breaching the You must login or register to view this content.t on allegations of trafficking in so-called “devices,” or code that circumvents measures designed to protect copyright works. Sony did not respond for comment.
LG, meanwhile, is demanding an “immediate investigation” by the trade commission and wants it to block the PlayStation 3 from being sold in the United States. Sony has sold about 41 million units worldwide.
The LG-Sony brouhaha is part of an ongoing infringement flap between the two electronics concerns. Sony demanded in December that the commission You must login or register to view this content. in the United States, amid accusations LG breached Sony phone patents.
Looks like Sony should stop worrying about hackers and worry about LG. One thing that I worry about is will us as the customers of Sony be affected.
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02-12-2011, 06:03 AM
#14
tak_tizzle
Death Before Dishonour
Originally posted by Pillar2365
So it seems that I post this before you did --> I posted my on 02-08-2011, 11:41 PM, you posted yours 02-08-2011, 11:54 PM!!!1LmFao!!!
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