Also the article does not say that it is about the actually blu ray technology only the reflective coating. Which to my knowledge Sony change to not that long ago to maximize quality.

Squidge37 has a good point.

sometimes so much stuff is involved in a tech that cooperation's glance over any posslable infringement and Sony is so fing sloppy theres a chance they tossed some stuff they didnt have the IP for into it and forgot.
wish it would be a few billoin mistake..that would teach sony a lesson...

squidge called it on the spot. also if you think they are just gold diggers try and sue someone and be in court the same year :D especially a corporation

If Sony loses this case, does that mean that PS3 controllers won't work anymore?!?!

what a horrible joke, sorry PS3 fans couldn't help but poke some fun at your rumbleless controllers!

um this has absolutely nothing to do with rumble controllers at all. and besides that lawsuit was against all manufacturers who included the feature without permission. its just Nintendo and Microsoft paid and sony didn't want to

Down with sony! Ever since what they did to one of my favs japanese importers (Lik-sang) Ive never liked them!

Originally posted by lecsiy:

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one of my favs japanese importers (Lik-sang) Ive never liked them!

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Lik-Sang was based in Hong Kong.

wow sony lose more money lets hope the ps3 dies soon!!

Originally posted by Hopium:

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um this has absolutely nothing to do with rumble controllers at all. and besides that lawsuit was against all manufacturers who included the feature without permission. its just Nintendo and Microsoft paid and sony didn't want to

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I was trying to draw a parallel between the previous case (sony said they used logitech technology instead of immersion) and this current one. I'm aware that sony did not pay up, hence no rumble in the jungle. I wonder if sony will pay up on this one or not.

sony did settle the law suit months ago. i remember afterdawn i think even had an article about ps3 vibration controllers coming 2008 :D

they dont even have vibration on the controllers

Given its global position as an electronics giant, Sony is quite familiar with patent law. The company is also quite familiar with the potential penalties for running afoul of patent law, as evidenced by the $97 million in damages and interest it had to pay Immersion Corporation in a dispute over the rumble functions in Dual Shock controllers.

from gamespot vibration is coming trust me :D i work at a video game store (actually i'm at work right now :D)

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they dont even have vibration on the controllers

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Who cares? Has nothing to do with Blu Ray. Anyway, the format wars have gone on long enough. With both Walmart and the porn industry embracing HD-DVD, someone needs to drive the final nail in the coffin and get Blu Ray out of the game.

Originally posted by scott2k7:

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wow sony lose more money lets hope the ps3 dies soon!!

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Regardless if sony looses money, they will not kill of the ps3 like this.

Originally posted by spydah:

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I know I will say it first. Here we go again with another company digging in Sony's pockets for patients they feel Sony stole. For some this will be a great thing others probably wont care. My only question is why do they want so damn long to file these complaints. Blu-ray has been talked about and pushed since late last year. I know if somebody stole something of mines im not gonna sit back and twiddle my thumbs until further notice.

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Notice when the patent was filed 2004 and was granted March 2006. So I'll bet they tried to work somthing out with sony and sony said F off so they filed suit.

Might go to court, but i can only see it being a sucess if they were to prove sony use the same production process, surly u cant patent a reflective surface more the manufacturing process used to create it.

Who actually owns Target Technology, it not getting COUGH COUGH funded by the HD DVD camp is it ?? cus its not like its in their intrests to do such an underhanded thing.

today everyone is sue happy

Originally posted by cashman91:

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today everyone is sue happy

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So very true.

Heres the way it is, if Sony did not say they had plans/ideas on how to use Silver Based Reflective Alloys for use with optical discs than they are gonners, as this basically means that they did breach the copyriht of Target Technology.

Doesn't this article from Sony Chemicals suggest they have been using silver based alloys since 2001?

Sony Chemicals Introduces New SK6400 DVD Adhesive for Silver

Lets sue everyone! The whole world is one big lawsuit.

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So sony look alright if they used it in 2001 and was included in older patents, however the suit would only ever be effective if they proved sony had copied the process for either dopeing the alloy or the disk manufacture process, instead of suing them purely for just using a silver reflectant.

Looking at:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=SK6400

the sk6400 is apparently a method of hiding invisible water marks on disk and other objects.

who really cares about this topic its getting out of hand and boring now

lol u could u just used the X button in the top right.

Might be boring to you, but in the bigger picture if the suit actually managed to run it would possibly see sony having to pay a royalty for every disk or a large pay out, which has to intrest some people.

This is like suing somebody because their discs are round... Hmm, I wonder if anybody has created a patent for the shape of a disc...