LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 8, 2011 @01:50AM from the if-you-can't-beat-'em-sue-'em dept.

FlorianMueller writes "On Friday LG filed a complaint against Sony with the US International Trade Commission, claiming the PlayStation 3 infringes four Blu-ray Disc patents and demanding a permanent ban of the PS3 (and possibly other products) from the US market. LG, which boasts that it owns 90,000 patents worldwide, appears to take this step in retaliation for a previous Sony complaint about various LG smartphones, which the ITC is already investigating. This is reminiscent of Motorola's infringement action against the Xbox 360 that is part of its wider dispute with Microsoft. In other words, you touch my smartphones and I bomb your game consoles."

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Dont Worry LG by FudRucker · 2011-02-08 02:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am not buying a Playstation-3 because of Sony's heavy hand at attacking people for PS3 hardware hacks, I figure if I own the hardware I should be able to do what I want with it...

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Sheesh by killmenow · 2011-02-08 02:11 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I'm a lawyer!
He's a lawyer!
She's a lawyer!
We're a lawyer!
Wouldn't you like to be a lawyer? SUE!