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Sony
Sony is a company involved in hardware and software. They are a member of MPEG-LA and OIN.
Litigation
Against Sony
Sony was one of the accused in the case U.S. Ethernet Innovations v. many (2009, USA).
Sony was also a target of the CSIRO wifi patent, but this was for manufacturing hardware, not for software development.
Sony's PlayStation 3 has been targeted by LG Electronics for violation of patents on Blu-ray.
By Sony
As a member of MPEG LA, they share responsibility for the disastrous situation of audio-video patents and the FUD campaign against WebM.
External links
- 3D patent suit extended to Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, others, November 4th 2004
- Sony patents two-player 3D technology, July 20th 2010
- Can you help? Is this a software or a hardware patent?
- Can you help? Is this a software or a hardware patent?
