Sony Sues Over PSP Imports · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Monday June 6, 2005 @08:39AM from the multimillion-dollar-oops dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Although the official European launch isn't until September, Europeans have already been able to buy imported PSPs. Sony has sent out a batch of cease and desist letters, claiming that selling the PSP without permission violates their trademarks. The Register reports on the legal fight between Sony and online retailler ElectricBirdLand." From the article: "The Japanese manufacturer is claiming infringement of Trade Mark. But one reseller at the receiving end of the legal nastygrams, ElectricBirdLand, claims that key technologies, trademarks and software utilised in Sony's new portable gaming platform have not even been registered by Sony in the UK. For example, the PSP trademark has apparently been registered by a small Bristol-based IT and design firm, called Owtanet."

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Re:Hmm... by sesshomaru · 2005-06-06 09:40 · Score: 4, Informative

They aren't money grubbing scumbags, it's a different acronym, see their Website:
PSP® E-Commerce

In fact, this shouldn't affect Sony's trademark at all, since Sony is tradmarking a portable media player, and they have trademarked an ecommerce solution. The trademarks don't overlap.

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