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U.S. Patent No. 6,231,444: Operating device for game machine
U.S. Patent No. 6,231,444: Operating device for game machine Issued May 15, 2001, to Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. Priority date: October 11, 1996 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 6,231,444 (the ‘444 Patent) is…
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…
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…
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…
Cloud Computing Patent Dispute: T5 Labs files suit against Gaikai
T5 Labs LLC, v. Gaikai, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Delaware Case No.: 1:12-cv-01281-MPT. Filed on October 5, 2012 At first blush, this patent infringement case does not…
Dillinger, L.L.C. Seeks Offer They Won’t Refuse
Dillinger, LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc. United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana Case No. 09-cv-01236, Filed October 1, 2009 Case Update: Some time ago we wrote about Dillinger, L.L.C. (…
Case Update: Hochstein v. Microsoft
Hochstein et al. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Mich. Case No. 04-cv-73071, Filed August 11, 2004 Case Update: After 6 long years of litigation, Hochstein’s case against…
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…
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…
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.…
Case Update: No Doubt v. Activision Publishing Inc.
Activision has responded in federal court to a lawsuit originally filed in California state court by No Doubt over Activision’s use of the band’s likeness in “Band Hero.” According to Activision, the…
Back on Stage in the Guitar Hero/Gibson Suit?
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., along with a host of game retailers, is asking a court in Tennessee to resume proceedings in a patent suit brought by Gibson Guitar Corporation over the “Guitar…
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…