| welshbloke said: To chip in, I believe that if LG win that patent dispute they can force Sony to remove the infringement or they can choose to license. I do not think they can be forced to license the patent. It may have some legal wording wrapping around that and one of those may be term "essential" but we can already see two definitions in this thread. |
The problem is not that easy. The patents essentially apply to _ANY_ Blu-ray drive. LG singled out the PS3, because it is somewhat "the device" and they solely want to piss off Sony for the cell-phone lawsuit. Why doesn't go LG after all the other 211252524 makers of Blu-ray devices who very likely also infringe on (some of) the specific copyrights? What happens if LG "wins" (there is no winning in such lawsuits) to the other 211252524 makers? Will LG lose by default because they singled out one specific device of a competitor? Only the courts will tell, and as usual with the court system, the results will be unpredictable.
