Dave Horvath
31 Jul 2007 10:18
It seems that the Japanese electronics giant Sony just cant catch a break when it comes to their vulnerable PS3. Recently a company based in the US has claimed that Sony is infringing upon their patented "synchronized parallel processing with shared memory" technology. The Parallel Processing Corporation recently issued a lawsuit to a district court in Texas where it says they seek retribution for this infringement.
The patent for this technology was approved in 1991 originally to a company called International Parallel Machines, based out of Massachusettes, however The Parallel Processing Corporation claims they are the exclusive licensee for this technology.
The suing company is claiming that their organization is being caused irrepairable harm and monetary damages and seeks not only monetary compensation, but the destruction of Sony's product which is infringing on the patent. In essence, they want to be paid and destroy the PS3 from ever being produced. Bold lawsuit.
Sony has yet to make a comment on this situation as it takes a firm stand on not issuing statements on pending lawsuits. This is however nothing new to Sony who have been receiving infringement lawsuits from smaller companies since they began developing the PS3.
Source:
The Register