Sony hit with $18.5 million patent fine

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lanjiaona on 20 November 2008

An East Texas federal jury has ruled that Sony must cough up $18.5 million in damages to a company called Agere Systems for a patent violation on a “wireless local area network apparatus” included in the PSP and other handheld devices such as the mylo Personal Communicator and Network Walkman audio players.

http://www.techspot.com/news/32552-sony-hit-with-185-million-patent-fine.html

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MrBubbles on 20 November 2008

so that means sony knowingly infringed on the patent?

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sega4life on 20 November 2008

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.jayderyu on 20 November 2008

ha ha east Texas. Joke state for patent infrigment.

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