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<font size="-1">tjup. what do you know<big>?</big></font><br>
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<td>[The IPKat] LG obtains border seizure against Sony PS3</td>
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<td>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:18:43 -0800 (PST)</td>
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<td>Mark Schweizer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mark.schweizer@gmail.com"><mark.schweizer@gmail.com></a></td>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" onblur="try
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href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aa4YHmzDegY/TW0ajgXLv8I/AAAAAAAABhM/lT-89a2qbwc/s1600/ps3.jpg"><img
moz-do-not-send="true" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px
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src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aa4YHmzDegY/TW0ajgXLv8I/AAAAAAAABhM/lT-89a2qbwc/s320/ps3.jpg"
alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579144710666829762" border="0"></a>As
the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/28/playstation-3-lg-legal-dispute">Guardian
reports</a>, Korean consumer electronic giant LG has obtained a
preliminary injunction from the district court of the Hague, barring
import of Sony's PS3 game console into the European Union "for at
least ten days" (this seems to indicate an ex parte injunction, but
the news article is sketchy). Since Sony is importing upwards of
100,000 consoles per week (according to the Guardian), the economic
impact of this order is significant. Sony says its stock held in
Europe will last for three weeks.
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<div>LG based its claim on patents (allegedly) covering the Blu-ray
playback facility of the PS3, but the news article does not give
any further details.</div>
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<div>As the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,748360,00.html">Spiegel</a>
notes, the case may well settle, because in December 2010, Sony
filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International
Trade Commission against LG, claiming that LG infringed on several
Sony patents on mobile phone technology, asking to bar import into
the US of LG mobile phones (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://techtickerblog.com/2010/12/30/sony-sues-lg-wants-to-block-mobile-phone-sales-in-us/">source</a>).
LG already countersued Sony before the International Trade
Commission, requesting an import ban of "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704422204576131113750988234.html">high
margin televisions and game consoles</a>" - presumably
containing Blu-ray players and therefore most probably based on
the US patents corresponding to the patents the Dutch decision was
based on. </div>
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<div>Looks like the Hague district court is a lot faster than the
International Trade Commission - and given what's at stake for
both parties (should a court finally decide that the customs
seizure was unjustified, LG is liable for damages), this decision
certainly puts new urgency into settlement talks.</div>
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Posted By Mark Schweizer to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2011/03/lg-obtains-border-seizure-against-sony.html">The
IPKat</a> on 3/01/2011 03:28:00 PM
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