• European customs ordered to seize PlayStation shipments in legal dispute
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[quote]European customs officers have been ordered to seize shipments of Playstation 3s after LG won a preliminary injunction against Sony in an acrimonious patent battle between the two Asian electronics giants. The ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague means that all new PS3s have to be confiscated as they are imported into the UK and the rest of Europe for at least 10 days. If the injunction was extended it could mean consoles disappearing from high street shelves. It is understood that Sony and computer games retailers typically have about two to three weeks' worth of PS3s in stock across the continent. Tens of thousands of PS3s were seized by customs officers last week in the Netherlands, the Guardian has learnt, in a dispute that centres on Sony's allegedly infringing use of Blu-ray technology belonging to LG. Sony, which imports around 100,000 of the consoles a week, is frantically trying to get the ban lifted. The Japanese company has the right to appeal to the European patents office. LG meanwhile, could apply to the same patents office to get the 10-day import ban extended. Alternatively, the Korean company could apply for a court order to get the consoles destroyed but it is highly unlikely the court would grant a request to eliminate the warehoused goods. LG argues that Sony PS3s infringe a number of its patents relating to playback of Blu-ray Discs. LG called for an investigation into the PS3's Blu-ray use in a filing with the US international trade commission earlier this month, and said it sought a "permanent exclusion order ... excluding entry into the United States" of the games console. If Sony is found to have infringed LG patents, it could be forced to compensate the South Korean manufacturer for each PS3 it has sold around the world, which could cost hundreds of millions of pounds. The two technology giants are involved in a complex web of seven separate patent disputes, with Sony also seeking to block shipments of LG smartphones to the US. Rotterdam and Schiphol are the main import points for PS3s for both the UK and continental Europe. The consoles are being stockpiled in Dutch warehouses until it becomes clear how the case will develop. A spokesman for Sony Playstation said: "We are currently looking into this matter, and cannot make any comments at this point in time." LG declined to comment, although sources close to the company confirmed the current legal position. Sony has sold more than 3m PS3s in the UK since its launch in March 2007. The Japanese manufacturer is understood to have a stockpile of around 6,500 PS3s in Germany and 10,000 in the UK. However, the majority of PS3 sales around Europe are pre-orders, meaning they are already sold before they gather dust at warehouses in the UK and elsewhere. Stockpiles could run out within two to three weeks if the ban is not lifted, the Guardian understands.[/quote] [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/28/playstation-3-lg-legal-dispute[/url]
Well played LG.
I wonder how hard Sony is raping the programmer that made the ReturnRandomNumber(){ return 4;} function. :v:
[QUOTE=d3450;28344552]Well played LG.[/QUOTE] Absolutely. Very nice, LG. :golfclap:
LG, you're winner.
Karmaaaaa
Oh look wasn't Sony the one threatening to sue me and send the police after me for just watching clips of PS3 hacking and wanted to extort personal information from various sites? Up yours Sony, choke on a dick.
I do dislike Sony's recent policies but this is pretty shit, i hate Sony and would like to see them reform their ways but i would prefer they aren't destroyed doing it. Not saying this will destroy them but I'm not going to cheer every time they lose money.
[QUOTE=s0beit;28345708]I do dislike Sony's recent policies but this is pretty shit, i hate Sony and would like to see them reform their ways but i would prefer they aren't destroyed doing it. Not saying this will destroy them but I'm not going to cheer every time they lose money.[/QUOTE]Yeah it's all fun and games until developers stop porting or making games for the system.
[QUOTE=PariahKing;28357271]Yeah it's all fun and games until developers stop porting or making games for the system.[/QUOTE] Any developer that does that is a bad developer. If anything, them leaving would mean less bad games on the PS3. [i](I don't own a PS3)[/i] You'll always have Valve games.
What? No europeans to play ps3 with?
"The War on PS3's leave twenty dead, and sixty in intensive car today, after a shoot out with east european smugglers who were bringing in the contraband gaming systems. The conflict, initialized by EPC forces, is the latest in crackdowns on patent infringement and other intellectual property offenses."
[quote]an acrimonious patent battle between the two Asian electronics giants.[/quote] I pictured samurais
So the next time someone homebrew their ps3, sony will send a police task force to arrest you, but suddenly korean samurais burst trough the windows kill the task force and swings a sledgehammer at your ps3.
pretty much Brage Nyman
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;28359745]pretty much Brage Nyman[/QUOTE] I'm okay with this.
Hmm I live in Rotterdam. Where is this warehouse?
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;28357569]You'll always have Valve games.[/QUOTE]Every 4 or 5 years or so, yeah.
Haha this sounds almost to incredible to be true xD Well played indeed LG :v:
Damn Sony droppin balls everywhere
i dont really get why you're mad at sony when 1)you can use homebrew whatever 2)Sony didnt do anything to you other than threatening you
Sony's response: 1. Remove the Blu-Ray player from all new PlayStation 3's. 2. Redesign the unit, making it 50% slimmer than its predecessors. 3. Spend millions of dollars on a marketing campaign advertising the Super-Super slim PlayStation 3 as a machine that can "do EVERYTHING." 4. Issue a mandatory firmware patch over the PlayStation Network that removes all Blu-Ray playback functionality from the older models. 5. File federal lawsuits against anyone who dares to attempt to restore the Blu-Ray playback functionality.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;28366483]Sony's response: 1. Remove the Blu-Ray player from all new PlayStation 3's. 2. Redesign the unit, making it 50% slimmer than its predecessors. 3. Spend millions of dollars on a marketing campaign advertising the Super-Super slim PlayStation 3 as a machine that can "do EVERYTHING." 4. Issue a mandatory firmware patch over the PlayStation Network that removes all Blu-Ray playback functionality from the older models. 5. File federal lawsuits against anyone who dares to attempt to restore the Blu-Ray playback functionality.[/QUOTE] 6. Get sued for another stupid patent
and this is why PC is much better
Good thing I have 2 xbox 360's with over 20 games. That I don't even play. :frown: [sp]No you may not have any, they're MINE![/sp] [QUOTE=acds;28345475]Oh look wasn't Sony the one threatening to sue me and send the police after me for just watching clips of PS3 hacking and wanted to extort personal information from various sites? Up yours Sony, choke on a dick.[/QUOTE] You are a good, good solider lad. Have a heart. :3:
[QUOTE=SweetSwifter;28344628]I wonder how hard Sony is raping the programmer that made the ReturnRandomNumber(){ return 4;} function. :v:[/QUOTE]It's actually 4? oh wow,
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