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Sony appealed the customs blockade, and the court has now lifted the injunction with no more seizures to be applied. LG has also been ordered to pay Sony’s €130,000 in legal fees with an additional €200,000 to be added for each day it fails to pony up the dough.

FOSS Patents owner Florian Mueller said: “If this is true, it is only related to the prejudgment seizure order. This means Sony can resume the distribution of PlayStations across Europe for now, but there will be a full-fledged legal proceeding to determine whether there is an infringement – and if so, how much Sony owes LG for it.”

Last week, LG won an injunction under EU law blocking the import of PS3 units for ten days, as part of the electronics manufacturer’s claim to the BluRay patent, thus stranding hundreds of thousands of consoles in harbors such as Rotterdam and Schiphol.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/10/court-lifts-lg’s-injunction-against-sony-300000-ps3s-set-free/

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Everybody start crying

I wonder which studio will bid for the movie rights to this tale?!!?

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Repackage them As Playstation 3 "PSFREE" Special Editions, with a sticker on the case saying "I survived the great Playstation seize of 2010!"

 

[Shadow780]

~yay~

 

[confused]

Hallelujah /Sarcasm

Who gives a fuck other than sony and it's shareholders.

 

[Wario64]

That pic is too small, needs to be bigger

 

[Gravijah]

Everybody start crying

I wonder which studio will bid for the movie rights to this tale?!!?

SPE, of course. The tale of the quirky underdog escaping the wrath of the big mean corporation!

 

[alr1ght]

 

[BeeDog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fMptkkz0Y

 

[IonicSnake]

Hallelujah /Sarcasm

Who gives a fuck other than sony and it's shareholders.

People who wants to buy a PS3 in Europe?

 

[The Extractor]

Thank God almighty, we are free at last.

 

[GotEmRunnin]

Sony put Charlie Sheen on them.

And you don't wanna fight with that warlock.

 

[webcivilian]

Everybody start crying

I wonder which studio will bid for the movie rights to this tale?!!?

I heard Marky Mark is already pegged to play the brilliant Sony lawyer.

 

[benny_a]

And all they had to do was offer Peter Dille to the gods.

 

[Guevara]

Quick everybody, run out and buy one today!

 

[DonMigs85]

 

[Dedication Through Light]

It happened so fast that I wonder if their bottom line was even affected.

LG needs to instead focus on those flexible OLED tvs...than patents

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Hallelujah /Sarcasm

Who gives a fuck other than sony and it's shareholders.

People who want to purchase a ps3 in Holland?

 

[itxaka]

Repackage them As Playstation 3 "PSFREE" Special Editions, with a sticker on the case saying "I survived the great Playstation seize of 2010!"

We are in 2011 man, get with the times!

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Glad to see the PS3s back out in the wild, but let's not gloss over the fact that LG have reasonable grounds for a case.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Hallelujah /Sarcasm

Who gives a fuck other than sony and it's shareholders.

Don't you know every pebble is ammunition in the console wars?

 

[confused]

People who want to purchase a ps3 in Holland?

They were never out of stock....

Nor here.....

Not out of stock here either

That's 3 of Hollands biggest retailers all saying they can deliver within 24Hrs.......

 

[Infinite Justice]

So they won the first part

Now for the real show.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

We are in 2011 man, get with the times!

Sorry I was playing Minecraft and no longer observe the passage of time in your world, is it really 2011?

Really need to close that game. Oh, just one more hour...

 

[LiK]

Sony appealed the customs blockade, and the court has now lifted the injunction with no more seizures to be applied. LG has also been ordered to pay Sony’s €130,000 in legal fees with an additional €200,000 to be added for each day it fails to pony up the dough.

 

[Glix]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

 

[Equus Bellator Apex]

Sorry I was playing Minecraft and no longer observe the passage of time in your world, is it really 2011?

Really need to close that game. Oh, just one more hour...

What is this "mineshaft" game you kids are talking about?

 

[confused]

What is this "mineshaft" game you kids are talking about?

 

[Jakeh111]

Let my Trey be FREE

 

[krae_man]

Injunctions make no sense. LG doesn't have a video game console on the market. The only remedy they should have is damages.

 

[Andrefpvs]

:lol

 

[itxaka]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

Probably because of the damaged caused by the blockade. If the judge thougth there was no reason to block the sell of them to the main case (The patent thing) they have to pay damage + legal fees (Justice isn't free!)

Just a thougth, no idea if this is the case.

Sorry I was playing Minecraft and no longer observe the passage of time in your world, is it really 2011?

Really need to close that game. Oh, just one more hour...

I know that feeling...

 

[JWong]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

It's like this.

You and your friend get into a drinking contest. The loser has to pay for the beer. 8)

Spoiler

No, I'm not actually trying to explain it.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Sony put Charlie Sheen on them.

And you don't wanna fight with that warlock.

Sony's #winning

 

[GeekyDad]

Hallelujah /Sarcasm

Who gives a fuck other than sony and it's shareholders.

People in Europe shopping for a PS3?

 

[DonMigs85]

We are in 2011 man, get with the times!

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

 

[TTP]

Let's all donate LG

 

[Tiduz]

I just read main case is in november and sony/lg are open/willing to negotiate/settle before then.

 

[lupinko]

2pacalysp3 adverted yet again.

 

[Rollo Lawson]

Sony's #winning

duh...

 

[donkey show]

Stay free!

 

[Canova]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

because they're the shit stirrer, wasting everyone's time

 

[Gravijah]

because they're the shit stirrer, wasting everyone's time

I thought Sony sued first?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Let's all donate LG

lol

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

That's not how it works in Europe. If you request an injunction it will be granted on a temporary basis immediately while the case is brought. It is very much of the shoot first ask questions later school.

This court decision probably means that LG's isn't likely to win its patent case in Europe at least, if there was a good chance of LG winning then the case should have upheld the import ban.

 

[xapnder]

Can someone explain why LG has to pay the legal fees?

Obviously their case has some merit, if the injunction was ruled originally...

can someone explain this part to me.

From Fosspatent blog

LG believes that Sony should be treated like any other patent infringer and not be allowed to sell the PS3 in the Netherlands until it has taken a license to LG's Blu-ray patents. LG therefore asked the court for a relief that is a specialty of Dutch law: a prejudgment seizure order. LG's complaint stresses that if Sony later proved (in a full-fledged proceeding) that there isn't any infringement of valid LG patents, Sony could still collect damages from LG on the grounds of an "unjustified" seizure. In light of that, LG asked the court not to hear Sony before issuing a decision because if LG is wrong, Sony will be reimbursed later, but by involving Sony in the proceedings there would be a risk of the allegedly infringing goods being moved out of the warehouse before they can be seized.

The judge concluded that LG had substantiated its infringement assertions sufficiently well and agreed that Sony should not be heard before the decision was issued. Then the judge ordered the prejudgment seizure I explained, with LG being responsible for the cost of warehousing the seized goods, and laid out the possibility of an appeal by Sony.

 

[Canova]

I thought Sony sued first?

sued what? different case? that's totally irrelevant here

 

[Melchiah]

LG has also been ordered to pay Sony’s €130,000 in legal fees with an additional €200,000 to be added for each day it fails to pony up the dough.

Let's all donate LG

=D

 

[Gravijah]

that's totally irrelevant here

Uhm... OK.