LG impedes PS3 shipments in Europe
According to LG, Sony has infringed on its patents relating to playback of Blu-ray discs. For this, it wants to settle the score, and by having custom officials seize PS3 consoles, preventing their entry in Europe between now and for the foreseeable future of ten days, the South Korean electronics giant is taking the first step in doing that. The ruling was made by the civil court of justice in the Hague.With an estimated 100,000 consoles being imported to Europe on a weekly basis, Sony could potentially have a problem in keeping shelves fully stocked as the Guardian reports that retail stores across Europe only have around two to three weeks’ worth of supply to work with. Sony could apply to the European patents office to try to get the ban uplifted, hence solving said problem, but so could LG, hence making it worse by extending the ban.
What all this ultimately means is that Sony could either be facing the potential demise of the PlayStation 3, which is very unlikely, or an enormous financial setback as LG would probably have to be compensated for every single PS3 sold around the world. With that number about to reach 50 million, Sony’s pockets better be deep enough.
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/02/28/lg-impedes-ps3-shipments-in-europe/#more-101302
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TheCheeseyNINJAPosted:
TRICKNN Sony will have the $50 Million to pay, they just really won't like doing it...
LG should just back off and look at themselves and see what they are doing...
I think that this is a bad idea because LG is going to want PS3 consumers to not buy from them...
sony made a claim on one of LG's phones in December 2009 and now LG are getting their own back
DFuZe-OGPosted:
My tv is LG too :) i doubt it would sum up to just a dollar per console. say they had to give lg the full current retail price of all ps3's they would have essentially earned NOTHING from them.
-Modz-Posted:
Wow, i wanted them to be banned in the US so more people will go to xbox, and xbox will have more money to do more things...
TRICKNNPosted:
Sony will have the $50 Million to pay, they just really won't like doing it...
LG should just back off and look at themselves and see what they are doing...
I think that this is a bad idea because LG is going to want PS3 consumers to not buy from them...
LG should just back off and look at themselves and see what they are doing...
I think that this is a bad idea because LG is going to want PS3 consumers to not buy from them...
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