News - Blu-ray lawsuit requests that Sony pull PS3 supply

[HEXUS]

Sony is under fire from a Californian firm who claim that it has infringed on a patent relating to its Blu-ray Disc.

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[cobhc]

Well let's hope it gets put to bed like previous cases have.

[Aragorn1024]

Is it just me or wouldn't that patent be wiped out really quickly when someone points out that CD's were already doing that long before the patent was filed? (Test: Origonal: Failed; Prior art: Failed; Non Obvious: Failed magnetic disks have been doing this forever!)

[Steven W]

Is it just me or wouldn't that patent be wiped out really quickly when someone points out that CD's were already doing that long before the patent was filed? (Test: Origonal: Failed; Prior art: Failed; Non Obvious: Failed magnetic disks have been doing this forever!)

Good point, I think a lot of these court cases are simply firms trying it on.

[awm]

Yet another frivolous lawsuit in the US. For once I hope Sony wins.

[Quin8765]

This time, Californian-based firm Orinda Intellectual Properties has applied to the courts claiming that Sony has violated patent number 5,438,560, which relates to “an optical disk-shaped recording medium comprising a plurality of tracks,” filed in 1995 by Hyundai Electronics Industries

That statement is a little misleading/incomplete. The patent is actually about a certain way of handling bad sectors when recording to the disc.

[aidanjt]

The US PTO is run by a bunch of muppets, no wonder this patent was accepted. Prior art defense will squash this patent into oblivion.