Firm Sues Sony Over Cell, Wants PS3 Destroyed

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Entroper said:

EDIT: I've taken a closer look at the patent and all its diagrams at this link. I've also programmed for the Cell. There are similarities between this patent and the Cell microarchitecture, but there are also similarities between an x86 and a PowerPC. I'm no lawyer, but as a student of microarchitecture design, these aren't the same thing. The question is whether or not a judge who is not at all familiar with microarchitecture design would agree.

Excellent point, Entroper, as usual. And this is the point HappySquirrel was making. It doesn't matter how asinine a patent is, if the judge is a 72-year old good ol' days grandpa who hasn't a clue to what technology is, there might actually be a case. I definitely wouldn't want to see this taken to court. Get it thrown out or settle and move on.