Gee whiz, a mega corporation breaks the law. That's never happened before.
It will be interesting to see how it ends up. If Sony's cases against LG in other patent areas is equally strong then they might just decide to call it even. Interesting that LG waited until PS3 was actually doing well. If LG had acted too early they would have shot themselves in the foot with Blu-ray, because PS3 success means Blu-ray success. Arguably having PS3 do well is good for LG even if LG doesn't see a cent from PS3 sales. Had PS3 failed and exited the market before Blu-ray defeated HD-DVD then HD-DVD could have won the format war and all of LG's Blu-ray patents would have been worth less than toilet paper.
It's fun to watch the games corporations play.
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