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Old 03-24-2008, 01:11 PM   #1 (permalink)

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US Trade Commission opens investigation on Blu-Ray patents

US Trade Commission opens investigation on Blu-Ray patents

Blu-Ray patents under investigation part of lawsuit filed by former Columbia University professor against 30 other companies

By T Sizzles

Sony may had won the format war against HD DVD, but now they are facing a much more serious challenge. Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, a former Columbia University professor, says she holds patents for light emitting laser diodes found in Blu-Ray players and other electronics. The lawsuit targets over 30 companies, including big names like Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, LG, Nokia, Motorola, Sharp, Hitachi, and Matsushtia (parent of Panasonic). The lawsuit was filed earlier this week with the US International Trade Commission. The ITC has specifically opened an investigation over the alleged use of the infringed patents in Blu-Ray players.
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Old 03-24-2008, 01:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 03-24-2008, 03:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Oops, maybe this will put the PS3 out of commission. I keep expecting the display model at Best Buy to explode in black smoke and strangle people with shadowy tentacles.
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Old 03-24-2008, 04:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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LMFAO! **** sony. this is great.
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The whole point of filing the case with the ITC and not the Patent Court is to get a ban on imports of products containing the infringed patents. If you pay attention to cell phones a similar thing happened when Broadcom sued Qualcomm. Phones containing the Qualcomm chips that were infringed were banned from being imported to the US.

So, if she wins, it's possible that a ban on all Blu-Ray players (including PS3) could get banned from being imported. That would be a huge hit of epic proportions on Sony and the BD camp.
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Quote: Originally Posted by T Sizzles View Post
The whole point of filing the case with the ITC and not the Patent Court is to get a ban on imports of products containing the infringed patents. If you pay attention to cell phones a similar thing happened when Broadcom sued Qualcomm. Phones containing the Qualcomm chips that were infringed were banned from being imported to the US.

So, if she wins, it's possible that a ban on all Blu-Ray players (including PS3) could get banned from being imported. That would be a huge hit of epic proportions on Sony and the BD camp.
If she wins the investigation, Sony will offer her a ****-ton of cash and buy her patent. Sony will never give up on bluray.. Especially since the format war is over.
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If she wins the investigation, Sony will offer her a ****-ton of cash and buy her patent. Sony will never give up on bluray.. Especially since the format war is over.
If she wins the investigation, a halt will be placed on Blu-Ray imports. Sony can offer her all the money they want to, but it's her decision to sell the patent or not. She could choose to collect royalties which may be a more profitable choice.
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If she wins the investigation, a halt will be placed on Blu-Ray imports. Sony can offer her all the money they want to, but it's her decision to sell the patent or not. She could choose to collect royalties which may be a more profitable choice.
Yeah she's definately got a choice but Sony is not going to let bluray die. They will push so much dough at her she will have no choice. Either 1 she will take the offer for sony to purchase the patent, or like you said, take royalty checks. Either way sony will win.
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It's not going to be the end of Blu-Ray, because the rest of the world is for the most part unaffected by this. It could cost Sony big bucks, and they could have other consequences.
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Most likely will take the Royalties, at least thats the smart choice.
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Yea Royalties would be sweet. shes going to make a Sh1T load eitherway. from 6 major companys. lol
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She has at least 10 billion companies to sue for blue laser emitting diodes.