Blu-Ray
Sony Sued Over Blu-Ray Patents
Edge-online has revealed a serious lawsuit against Sony, by Mountain View, Calif.-based Orinda Intellectual Properties, claiming the PS3-maker has infringed on Blu-ray-related patents. In the August 20th court filing obtained by Edge, Orinda alleges that Sony infringed on patent number 5,438,560 – which in layman’s terms are methods for recording and reproducing information via optical disc. Orinda also named as defendants subsidiaries Sony Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment America, making sure that the entire company is basically under fire. You have to be pretty brave to go against the lawyers of Sony, who must be quite conditioned against lawsuits as they face them often.
Orinda has demanded a jury trial, and is seeking an injunction on manufacturing, sales and distribution of Blu-ray devices such as the PS3, computer peripheral products and dedicated Blu-ray players.
The plaintiff is also asking for “a reasonable royalty.”
“Orinda has been and will continue to be damaged as a result of Defendants’ infringing conduct,” the company said in the filing. “Defendants’ infringing conduct will continue unless permanently enjoined by this court.”