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Sony Files Patent Application on Patent Buttons That Get Harder or Softer Based on Touch 

Sony's international patent application WO2026110304 concerns controller buttons with reactive hardness/softness.

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Delivery of “Alternate Content” During Video Game Wait Times: How Sony Might Use Their New AI Patent Publication to Serve Ads

A Sony patent application, recently published as U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 20260138036, relates to showing video game players advertisements while they’re waiting for games to load. The publication concerns finding the precise…

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Infernal Technology and Terminal Reality Sue Ubisoft, Epic Games, Take-Two, Sony, Crytek, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts for Patent Infringement

Infernal Technology and Terminal Reality Sue Ubisoft, Epic Games, Take-Two, Sony, Crytek, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts for Patent Infringement Since 2018, Infernal Technology, LLC and Terminal Reality, Inc. (“Infernal”) have…

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Bot M8 LLC Asserts Sony’s PlayStation 4 “Uncharted” Game Infringes Its Patent, but Court Finds Bot M8’s Patent Invalid

Bot M8 LLC Asserts Sony’s PlayStation 4 “Uncharted” Game Infringes Its Patent, but Court Finds Bot M8’s Patent Invalid Bot M8 LLC v. Sony Corporation of America et al No. 3:19-cv-07027 United…

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Thorner v. Sony: The Conclusion

Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al The U.S. District court, District of New Jersey Case No. 3-09-cv-01894, Filed April 21, 2009 Case Dismissed: August 6, 2013 According to…

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Motiva sues Sony, HTC, and Oculus for Patent Infringement

Motiva Patents, LLC v. Sony Corporation et al United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Docket Number: 9-18-cv-00180, filed October 3, 2018 & Motiva Patents, LLC v. HTC Corporation…

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Sony Files for Another IPR on a Patent Relating to Stereoscopic Images

On May 22, 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony) filed a petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 8,206,218 (the ‘218 Patent), owned by Techno View IP. The ‘218 Patent is related…

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Sony files IPR Petition against 3D Stereoscopy Patent

On May 15, 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony”) filed a petition for Inter Partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 7,666,096 (the “’096 Patent”).  The owner of the ’096 Patent is…

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Sony Interactive Entertainment files Inter Partes Review of 3D Video Patent

On Feb. 1, Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC (“Sony”) filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,503,742 (the “’742 Patent”).  The prosecution history of the ’742 Patent is not…

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Case Decided: Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics et al.

Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc. et al. United States District Court, Western District of Texas Case No. 09-593, Filed August 7, 2009 This case was terminated on December 14, 2011, after…

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Wi-Fi Patent Dispute Update: Bandspeed v. Sony, et. al.

Case Update: Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics, Inc., et. al. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Case No: A-11-CV-771-LY, Filed Aug. 7, 2009   This case was originally…

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New Case: Bissoon-Dath et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. et al

Bissoon-Dath et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. et al U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Case No. 10-15783, Filed On April 9, 2010 Back in 2008, Plaintiff Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and…

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Case Update: Thorner v. Sony

Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (On appeal from the U.S. District court, District of New Jersey) Case No.…

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Case Update: PPC v. Sony (E.D.Tex, filed 7/26/07)

Parallel Processing Corporation v. Sony Corporation of America United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 07-353, Filed July 26, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed without prejudice on…

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Case Analysis: Sony v. Connectix

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Connectix Corp.   203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000) I. Background Connectix Corporation created and sold a software program called “Virtual Game Station” (VGS), an emulator of…

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Case Analysis: Sony v. Filipiak

Sony Computer Entm’t America, Inc. v. Steven Filipiak, et al.   406 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (N.D. Cal. 2005)   In this case decided in 2005, Sony received over $6 million in…

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Case Update: Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc.

On Friday, March 5, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Sony’s motion for summary judgment in Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc., Case No.…

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Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft Just Can’t Control Themselves

With the growing popularity of video game systems such as Nintendo’s Wii, Sony’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, it seems that all sorts of patent holders are coming out of the…

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Copyright in Screen Shots – Sony v. Bleem (9th Cir. 2000)

Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem, LLC 214 F.3d 1022 (9th Cir. 2000) Background Bleem marketed a software emulator that allowed users to play Sony Playstation games on their personal computers. Bleem’s…

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Wi-Fi Oh No! Bandspeed Sues Sony, Nintendo and Apple

Wi-Fi network company Bandspeed, Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony Electronics Inc., Nintendo of America, Inc. and Apple, Inc. In the suit, Bandspeed alleges that the Sony PS3, Nintendo…

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