Court case could see all PlayStation 3's destroyed

[Robin's Holyisms]

Here is a link to the article:
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/31-07-2007-6118.html

 

[Avalanche]

Lol.

If their case succeeds they'll get damages. They won't get the entire stock of PS3s destroyed.

 

[Superman1314]

Damn I can't access that site at work. What is the rundown on the case?

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Damn I can't access that site at work. What is the rundown on the case?

Patent Infringement. Sony's always getting sued for stuff like this. The only thing that actually effected them so far though was rumbling controllers.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I'll just get a refund and a 360. No biggie.

 

[Timstuff]

*pumps shotgun*

 

[Devil May Cry]

I'll just get a hot new 360 along with Metal Gear Solid IV: Substandard.

 

[XtromaniaK]

If this case actually went through, this could be quite a loss for Sony. But how can all the consoles be destroyed or impounded? Are they going to go knocking on people's doors and then taking the PS3's from their homes? I'm guessing they only mean ones out for retail.

 

[Timstuff]

Let me just say this: if anyone comes knocking on my door demanding to hand over my PS3, limbs will be damaged.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Cling to the Motorstorm Timstuff... CLING to it!

Enjoy Flow, btw.

 

[The Guardian]

LOL, BWAHAHAHAHA, NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE SUEING SONY FOR USING THE SPIDER-MAN FONT ON THE PS3, WE HAVE SOME ******ED PEOPLE OUT THERE, OH BROTHER!!!


SONY EXEC: SO HEY BOB WHY ARE WE BEING SUED THIS WEEK???

BOB: SOME ******S OWN SOME LAME LITTLE COMPANY TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK!!! THEY SAY THEY USED THE SPIDER-MAN FONT TO PROMOTE THE 1960'S ANIMATED SERIES BY TATTOOING SPIDER-MAN ON AN ELEPHANT'S BUTT, BUT WHEN THE ELEPHANT SAT ON THE STUPID BASTARD THEY SCRACHED THE IDEA!!!

SONY EXEC: BUT THAT WAS 45 YEARS AGO, THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FONT???

BOB: YEAH GO FIGURE!!!

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[Downhere]

I hardly doubt any PS3's will have to be impounded or destroyed, probably just get some hard cold cash from Sony.

 

[SupahSaiyangirl]

though i do not like sony that well i do feel bad for them. It seems sony is just taking hit after hit and its quite sad. All these ppl are coming out of the wood works and just trying to slam sony. First battery recalls,immersion, manchester church, now this....... damn sony either you guys are on hard times or this might be karma being a serious b*tch. Sony needs some divine intervention and fast otherwise they might have to close up the SCE depatment.

on a side note dont u think this qoute is funy:

[directed to sony]
Wow. I really can't believe they just shot themselves in the foot like that. Ya hear that? That's Bill Gates laughing on his chair made of money.

They should throw $100 mil at MSG4, they lose that and their game division will start splitting the rent with Sega.

 

[Devil May Cry]

lol who said that?



wow, u sell 109 mill ps1s then 120 mill ps2s, then u die.

karma is a muf***a.


just price it at $399, damnit!!!

 

[Downhere]

lol who said that?



wow, u sell 109 mill ps1s then 120 mill ps2s, then u die.

karma is a muf***a.


just price it at $399, damnit!!!

No man, $299...

 

[Devil May Cry]

LOL they MIGHT do that in like 3 years. Not even Microsoft would do that. LOL can you imagine if it's 600 bones come Christmas with the 80 gig? Sony is DONE. Remember that crazy dude on Youtube who was like "OMG SONY HOW CAN YOU CHARGE US $600 DOLLARS FOR A SYSTEM!!! NO!!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!! SONY, GIVE US SOMETHING!" LMAO

If they do that come Christmas, they'll be like 5 more of those videos, I hope. Meanwhile, I'll be in my dorm room playing Mass Effect, having a coke and a smile.

 

[Downhere]

LOL they MIGHT do that in like 3 years. Not even Microsoft would do that. LOL can you imagine if it's 600 bones come Christmas with the 80 gig? Sony is DONE. Remember that crazy dude on Youtube who was like "OMG SONY HOW CAN YOU CHARGE US $600 DOLLARS FOR A SYSTEM!!! NO!!!! I CANT BELIEVE THIS!!! SONY, GIVE US SOMETHING!" LMAO

If they do that come Christmas, they'll be like 5 more of those videos, I hope. Meanwhile, I'll be in my dorm room playing Mass Effect, having a coke and a smile.

LOL, your right, the $299 price point won't be for a long, long time. I mean, the 360 is still above $299 and it's been out for 2 years.

I will say, if Sony is smart they will stick with the $499 price point for the holidays but I have been hearing that it's going back up with the 80 gig version (which takes out the emotion engine and uses software emulation which kind of sucks) to $599...eek. Well, at least we will get more of those videos. lol. I'm still stuck with last generation systems and loving it...too many games I haven't played yet...when one of these systems comes out to 200 bucks and I actually have the extra cash then that's when I'll buy in. lol.

 

[Havok83]

how stupid

 

[Zenien]

Haha that isn't even how Cell works.

Sony has nothing to worry about.

Why Sue only Sony when IBM and Toshiba are infringing on the same stuff alledgedly (even though what the patent describes isn't even Cell). Because it's popular to gang up on Sony, not because it makes sense. The US patent system is a joke anyway, smaller companies filling patents for everything under the sun and hoping to geet money from bigger companies is a trend these days.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13725/ps3s_cell_processor_faces_patent_challenge

The patent is for “A high speed computer that permits the partitioning of a single computer program into smaller concurrent processes running in different parallel processors.” Oddly enough, Sony’s own patent, filed in 2001 and issued in 2007, actually lists the 1991 patent as a citation. In other words, Sony’s own patent lawyers have already seen the old patent and deemed it not to be a threat, and the U.S. Patent Office apparently agreed when it issued Sony the patent in June.

The patent, “Synchronized Parallel Processing with Shared Memory” was issued in October 1991. It describes a high-speed computer that breaks down a program “into smaller concurrent processes running in different parallel processors” and resynchronizes the program for faster processing times.

Parallel Processing, the “exclusive licensee” of the patent, states in the suit, filed in the US District Court’s Eastern District of Texas Tyler Division: “On information and belief, Defendant Sony Corporation of America has infringed and continues to infringe on the ‘000 Patent by making, using, importing, offering for sale and/or selling products among other things, covered by one or more claims of the ‘000 Patent, including, but not limited to, Sony Playstation III [sic].”

From Ars Technica

The patent in question, number 5,056,000, was filed in November 1989 and issued in late 1991—back in the days when the Intel 486 and the Motorola 68040 were the bleeding edge of personal computing while the NES and the Sega Genesis represented the pinnacle of console gaming. It was originally filed by International Parallel Machines, which later assigned the patent to Parallel Processing Corporation.

Searches of corporate filings in California, where the company is based, and Delaware, where the complaint says it is incorporated, turned up no trace of Parallel Processing Corporation. In fact, there are no references to the company at all on the Internet aside from mentions of this story, leading us to assume that this is not a technology company, but a partnership organized just for the purposes of litigating this case. The patent itself is potentially juicy and could be construed to cover important aspects of programming parallel machines very broadly. At the time that International Parallel Machines received the patent, CPU technology was not at a point where the patent could be easily monetized.

What often happens in such cases is that the patent stays on file until it's rediscovered and evaluated as a potential source of licensing revenue. Whenever small companies have such potentially valuable patents on file, they'll often either sell them or license them to an enterprising group of patent lawyers who can litigate them. From what we can surmise, this appears to be what happened in this case. The originating company, IPMI, may not have had the resources to litigate the patent itself, so it is possible that the company licensed it to a group of lawyers who set up a corporation specifically for the purpose of exploiting this patent.

They'd have more cause to go after ATI or Nvidia, or even IBM since Cell is IBM technology.

 

[Devil May Cry]

They have no case.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/13725/ps3s_cell_processor_faces_patent_challenge

The patent is for “A high speed computer that permits the partitioning of a single computer program into smaller concurrent processes running in different parallel processors.” Oddly enough, Sony’s own patent, filed in 2001 and issued in 2007, actually lists the 1991 patent as a citation. In other words, Sony’s own patent lawyers have already seen the old patent and deemed it not to be a threat, and the U.S. Patent Office apparently agreed when it issued Sony the patent in June.

 

[Fading]

Wow, good finds you two.

It's funny that not only did they wait awhile to file this, but that that company seemingly didn't check the patents their sueing over. Plus who would ask for all PS3 consoles to be destroyed, I'd much rather have a large chunk of cash. Something tells me these guys just want quick cash and thought they could win this without thinking it thru. At the very most Sony tosses them some cash, but according to you guys info it might not even go to trial.

 

[SupahSaiyangirl]

I have a feeling sony's just going to throw some cash at this to make all go away, these days anytime sony fights someone it usually goes in the other person's favor. Or maybe sony might acually fight and win but then again if you look at the paris hilton affair it proves that our court systems arent exactly that great. Welcome to america home of the lawsuit and cash settlement........makes you proud to be an american.

another qoute:

"We owe a debt to Nintendo for keeping the industry going in the last couple of years; they're the ones who have kept it going."

What Sony Exec in thier right mind says that?!

A guy who wants a job at Nintendo!
X) (nearly fell out of my seat when i read this one)

 

[Havok83]

I just got my PS3. No one is gonna get their hands on it to destroy it

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

I have a feeling sony's just going to throw some cash at this to make all go away, these days anytime sony fights someone it usually goes in the other person's favor. Or maybe sony might acually fight and win but then again if you look at the paris hilton affair it proves that our court systems arent exactly that great. Welcome to america home of the lawsuit and cash settlement........makes you proud to be an american.

another qoute:

"We owe a debt to Nintendo for keeping the industry going in the last couple of years; they're the ones who have kept it going."

What Sony Exec in thier right mind says that?!

A guy who wants a job at Nintendo!
X) (nearly fell out of my seat when i read this one)

honestly sony has kept the industry going. i honestly don't think we would've gotten this far with gaming and tech if nintendo was the only one left.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

honestly sony has kept the industry going. i honestly don't think we would've gotten this far with gaming and tech if nintendo was the only one left.

You seem to have forgotten the existence of Microsoft.