Sony wins court case against LG, all seized PS3s to be returned
- Posted March 10th, 2011 at 17:49 EDT by Eric Blattberg
- 26 Comments
Sony today defeated LG in The Hague's civil court, reports Dutch gaming website InsideGamer.
The Netherlands-based court ordered South Korean technology giant LG to return all 300,000 seized PlayStation 3 consoles. Each day the company fails to return the seized PS3s, it will have to pay a €200,000 euro fine. Additionally, LG must pay €130,000 euros to cover legal fees related to the case.
LG initially sued Sony because it believed the Blu-ray playback technology in the PS3 console violated its patents. This legal dispute has not yet concluded; Sony's victory today relates only to the seizure of PS3 consoles, not to patent infringement. The Hague court's decision indicates that Sony will likely defeat LG in the long run, however.
Stay tuned for additional updates.
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Sephiroth27
- 1:26pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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This is great news for those in the Netherlands and Sony in general :D
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DigitalBeast
- 2:15pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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@5 Wouldn't be fair to the honest workers at LG. But, may the big wigs responsible for this mess BURN with anger inside. Becoming nicer would work, too ^_^
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Syphon_Filter
- 3:12pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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That's good news. I don't why LG did that to Sony. LG is only good at making LED TV'S, specailly the new 3D LED TV, model LW9500. LG should stop and pull back.
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jaynet333
- 3:32pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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@6 Dude, you are so zen! ;)
All in all, an interesting situation. Based on the judge's court rulings up until this point, it seemed like LG might actually have a case. I guess the laws in the Netherlands work in such a way that you can make trouble for another party if you want to, but you better be able to back it up. Also sounds like the patent infringement case is still yet to be determined, but still, a nice win for Sony.
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Ghost-Rhayne |
Ghost-Rhayne- 3:35pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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haha!! useless LG, you just got OWNED! sony, well done!!!
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1solidsnake |
solid1snake67- 4:10pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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i actually agree with henrypsn, who cares about LG, dont buy from them!!
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reasonable_doubt
- 6:34pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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Bawhahhahah LG got destroyed!!!
cheap knock off wanna fight the ORIGINATOR? LOL
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so true, big wig just know how to sit and collect. I support honest worker at LG.
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daniel_s_02
- 10:28pm EST - March 10th, 2011
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Playstion.. It only does everthying. Guess this includes owning you LG. I am never buying an LG product again. If you're an ant you take on a Giant. Silly LG you shoulda known this is gonna hurt you.
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chilledbreeze7
- 4:04am EST - March 11th, 2011
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YESSSS!!!!! LOL!!! Great News!!!! Nice one Sony!!!!!
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