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Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:33 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
what the hell :(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=8018915

all this over a controller that shakes :(

Re: Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:24 pm
by Rusty
Psychotic_Carp wrote:what the hell :(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=8018915

all this over a controller that shakes :(
I believe that the judge issued a stay which allows Sony to keep selling the PS2 units pending their expected appeal.

Re: Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:26 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
kurt culler wrote:
Psychotic_Carp wrote:what the hell :(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=8018915

all this over a controller that shakes :(
I believe that the judge issued a stay which allows Sony to keep selling the PS2 units pending their expected appeal.

GO READ THE ARTICLE!!!!!

Re: Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:30 pm
by fluffy
kurt culler wrote:
Psychotic_Carp wrote:what the hell :(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=8018915

all this over a controller that shakes :(
I believe that the judge issued a stay which allows Sony to keep selling the PS2 units pending their expected appeal.
Yeah but they still owe 90 million dollars to Immersion Corp. for alleged patent infringement. WoW. Beaucoup bucks. :shock: :shock:

Re: Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:31 pm
by Rusty
Psychotic_Carp wrote:
kurt culler wrote:
Psychotic_Carp wrote:what the hell :(

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=8018915

all this over a controller that shakes :(
I believe that the judge issued a stay which allows Sony to keep selling the PS2 units pending their expected appeal.

GO READ THE ARTICLE!!!!!
Okay, I read it. And it says pretty much the same thing I heard on the news earlier today which was why I didn't read it in the first place. Yes, I did notice that it mentions the stay early in the article

Re: Judge Orders U.S. PS2 Sales Halted, Sony Appealing

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:37 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
kurt culler wrote:
Okay, I read it. And it says pretty much the same thing I heard on the news earlier today which was why I didn't read it in the first place. Yes, I did notice that it mentions the stay early in the article
hmpf :evil:

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:43 pm
by fluffy
Wait it says a stay is ordered and then says that Sony can continue importing and selling the Ps2s while the appeal is pending. It also says that if Sony is found guilty then it has to pay the beaucoup bucks and work out a royalty agreement.

So you can still buy them.

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:46 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
fluffy wrote:
So you can still buy them.
yes.

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:49 pm
by fluffy
Psychotic_Carp wrote:
fluffy wrote:
So you can still buy them.
yes.
Hey patents are tricky things. You never know. Maybe Sony just didn't cover their asses properly when they used that vibration chip in the hand sets, if that's true, then they should get a better lawyer.

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:00 am
by Psychotic_Carp
fluffy wrote:
Hey patents are tricky things. You never know. Maybe Sony just didn't cover their asses properly when they used that vibration chip in the hand sets, if that's true, then they should get a better lawyer.
there is a group that patented selling items online or something like that and they have been suing online retailers over it, what gave them the right to patent that and what was the patent office thinking when they gave them that patent. i think thats why im pissed, people seem to be able to patent anything and that gets to me :(

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:02 am
by fluffy
Psychotic_Carp wrote:
fluffy wrote:
Hey patents are tricky things. You never know. Maybe Sony just didn't cover their asses properly when they used that vibration chip in the hand sets, if that's true, then they should get a better lawyer.
there is a group that patented selling items online or something like that and they have been suing online retailers over it, what gave them the right to patent that and what was the patent office thinking when they gave them that patent. i think thats why im pissed, people seem to be able to patent anything and that gets to me :(
I agree it's a fishy concept. Getting a patent shouldn't be that easy. I agree! :(

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:08 am
by Psychotic_Carp
fluffy wrote:
I agree it's a fishy concept. Getting a patent shouldn't be that easy. I agree! :(
here is some info on it from the EFF

http://www.eff.org/patent/