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.
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