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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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  1. TekkenLord

    • 12:57pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    fk yeah, that LG. Greedy fkers

  2. Sephiroth27

    • 1:26pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    This is great news for those in the Netherlands and Sony in general :D

  3. Maikel

    • 1:29pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    Ha Ha Ha! LG Big *Fail* - Stupid Company, it`s funny every George Hutz lover`s and 360 owners was saying that.. Ps did this and ps did that and - they deserved it.. what do you say now Dusjbags!! :-) Next Attack is George Hutz - Sony but this Dog in Jail!

  4. ps3drowner

    • 1:56pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    heheh yeah

  5. HenryPSN

    • 2:10pm EST - March 10th, 2011

     HAHAHA! Take that you garbage LG!!! Never buying a product from you again!

  6. DigitalBeast

    • 2:15pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    @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 ^_^

     

     

  7. pizzamonkio

    • 2:41pm EST - March 10th, 2011

     SONY WINS !

     FATALITY ! !

     

  8. NWsoldier

    • 2:46pm EST - March 10th, 2011

     This article doesn't even make sense. Since when did LG seize shipments? It' s customs durrrrrr...

  9. Syphon_Filter

    • 3:12pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    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.

  10. jaynet333

    • 3:32pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    @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.

  11. Ghost-Rhayne | Ghost-Rhayne

    • 3:35pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    haha!! useless LG, you just got OWNED! sony, well done!!!

  12. SolidSnakeUS

    • 3:49pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    Good. Fk LG.

  13. Matt | hyp3rstrike_

    • 3:59pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    I must admit, when Adam posted the article yesterday about LG winning the case to seize PS3s from peoples homes in the Netherlands... I got a bit worried.

  14. 1solidsnake | solid1snake67

    • 4:10pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    i actually agree with henrypsn, who cares about LG, dont buy from them!!

  15. HenriPSN

    • 5:14pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    I sent LG an email (lg.com - country - support) telling them what I think of their stunts & how I won't be buying any more of their products after this. I'm no Sony fanboy, well, OK, I must be... I just outed myself!

  16. terminator12259

    • 5:28pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    never buying LG again

  17. reasonable_doubt

    • 6:34pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    Bawhahhahah LG got destroyed!!!

    cheap knock off wanna fight the ORIGINATOR?  LOL

    @6

    so true, big wig just know how to sit and collect. I support honest worker at LG.

  18. vicenteo09

    • 7:39pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    I use my ps3 on an LG display lol

  19. Suzano-O

    • 7:44pm EST - March 10th, 2011

     You guys don't seriously think this is all over, do you? lls...

    This has been going on back and forth for years...

    I'm sure there will be another dispute brought up, either by Sony or LG...

  20. cheetor

    • 9:55pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    I think represenatives of both Sony and LG should put on foam gladiator suits and battle it out. ;p

  21. daniel_s_02

    • 10:28pm EST - March 10th, 2011

    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.

  22. masta_js

    • 12:44am EST - March 11th, 2011

    Ironically i'm playing PS3 with a LG flatscreen!

  23. chilledbreeze7

    • 4:04am EST - March 11th, 2011

     YESSSS!!!!! LOL!!! Great News!!!! Nice one Sony!!!!!

  24. manutdfan

    • 7:59am EST - March 11th, 2011

     I've bever bought an LG product and NEVER will. I play my PS3 with a Sony LED TV.

  25. GoldenPlayer

    • 7:59am EST - March 12th, 2011

     YES!!!!!

  26. vogueh

    • 4:34am EDT - March 15th, 2011

    Life's not so good now, is it LG?

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