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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: maxy on February 28, 2011, 02:04:26 PM

Title: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: maxy on February 28, 2011, 02:04:26 PM: Quote
LG granted preliminary injunction against Sony; only 'two to three weeks' worth of stock' in the channel

Shipments of PS3 consoles have been seized by European customs officers as an LG injunction against Blu-ray technology seeks to block Sony products from sale, according to a report in The Guardian this afternoon.

Earlier this month, LG had filed a claim with the International Trade Commission calling for a block on PS3 sales, saying the device infringes on its copyrights.

The technology firm claims its rival's Blu-ray disc devices use four patented technologies while, Bravia TVs infringe another four.

At the time, the firm said it wanted to have sales of the PS3 (which plays Blu-rays) and other products banned.

And now, surprisingly, its got its way. The Guardian reports that an initial injunction has now been granted by the civil court of justice in the Hague, leading to all new imports of PS3s to be confiscated.

Authorities made the first swoop last week, and claims say that there are now only two to three weeks' worth left of PS3s in the channel for Europe if the ban is not lifted.

Sony imports around 100,000 consoles a week into the continent from its manufacturing plants in the East.

The current injunction lasts for 10 days, but The Guardian speculates that LG may lobby for an extension, or a less likely call for the consoles to be destroyed.

The Guardian quotes a spokesman for Sony Playstation as saying, "We are currently looking into this matter, and cannot make any comments at this point in time."

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43257/Euro-customs-officials-seize-PS3s-in-Blu-ray-dispute (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43257/Euro-customs-officials-seize-PS3s-in-Blu-ray-dispute)

nice

NG3 :'(
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Raban on February 28, 2011, 02:10:13 PM: :gbcry
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Diunx on February 28, 2011, 02:25:58 PM: Looks like some customs officials just got some brand new ps3 to take home.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: magus on February 28, 2011, 02:49:08 PM: *insert insider trading joke*
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 28, 2011, 02:50:17 PM: Year of PS3
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Raban on February 28, 2011, 03:08:20 PM: omg please
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 28, 2011, 05:22:30 PM: :gloomy The Real Year of the PS3 :gloomy
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 28, 2011, 05:32:54 PM: so now Sony has an actual concrete excuse for next months underwhelming sales numbers.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Bildi on February 28, 2011, 05:42:16 PM: This will cost them tens of sales, maybe even a hundred.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Bocsius on February 28, 2011, 06:24:49 PM: LG is working under the orders of Microsoft.

:hans1
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 28, 2011, 06:25:57 PM: Quote from: Bildi on February 28, 2011, 05:42:16 PM
This will cost them tens of sales, maybe even a hundred.

Using the Sfag Insider Trading Sonyland Adjustment Factor, Sony will lose a potential of 5 million PS3 hardware sales because of this.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Smooth Groove on February 28, 2011, 07:01:31 PM: Luckily, I still have my HD-DVD drive. :elephant
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 28, 2011, 07:16:03 PM: :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: BlueTsunami on February 28, 2011, 08:28:43 PM: Europe; guilty till proven innocent /sfag :smug
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 28, 2011, 10:27:28 PM: If Sony's CEO had sodomized a pre-teen girl with a blu-ray player, Europe would probably let them import all the PS3s they wanted.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: ManaByte on March 01, 2011, 03:23:26 AM: The GAF thread about this is amazing. They declared a Fatwa against LG.
Title: Re: No more new PS3 in Europe(for 10 days at least,LG lawsuit strikes)
Post by: Diunx on March 01, 2011, 08:47:47 AM: I would be pretty pissed off if some shitty company blocked the best console of the gen in my country so I can see why gaffers would get upset about that.