Kasz216 said:
Booh! said:
Kasz216 said:
hehey said:
siphillis said:
hehey said:
Ok, i dont know jack shti about pattents or any of that stuff, but if LG wins what happens?, Sony wont be able to sell PS3's ever again? or is taht even possible?
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sony has to pay royalties for every ps3 sold or a defined amount one time.
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but they can still make and sell them?
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If LG wins? Only if LG lets them. If particularly vindicitive they can force Sony to pay them money for every PS3 they sold, then force Sony to discontinue and destroy any unsold PS3s.
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No, a patent holder must licence its IP at a reasonable price by law. They cannot force Sony to discontinue its products by any means, that would be against the progress, hence the purpose of IP.
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Then why did Sony have to stop making inversion based motion sensors after they lost their lawsuit? You can totally choose to not liscense your technology to other people if you want.
Heck, look at Nintendo. They are the only ones who Produced gamecube discs, and also the only ones who produce wii discs.
They don't liscesnse that technology, and will sue and prvent you from using it if you try too.
It's the same with the old NES cartridges. It's the same reason every PS3 game HAS to go through Sony.
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No, you cannot.
You're mixing copyright infringement (NES cartridges, PS3 games), with patent infringment. The licence for PS3 or NES games is not a technological licence, it's a copyright licence.
