And this one's a big'un:
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/05/27/patent-lawsuit-demands-that-sony-stops-making-blu-ray-discs/
If Target Tech manages to drive the final nails in sony's already nail-ridden coffin, my laughter will know no end. No doubt they'll settle, though. Too bad.
Obligatory "It's over, Sonys finished" response.
Hmmm...
Lol.
sony will come to terms on this as they are no stranger to lawsuits. Maybe they are in competition with Take2 to see who can get sued more.
Certainly sony has a lot of experience with lawsuits. New ones are never helpful, though. Maybe I'm waiting for a straw to break the camel's back that will never come, but I can still laugh at the large amount of straw sony has to carry around everywhere they go.
Saw this earlier had good laugh about it, sony will win this one easliy.
sony will probly end up just buying the company
Hmm, depending on how this goes, it could be very good for HD DVD.
LOL, read on...
I'm not sure about this, but I thought Blu-Ray players came out before the PS3, which means the players were well into production before the patent came into the mix-- which would also imply that the test discs were using the alloy that is currently on the market. The patent came well after the production was underway. If anyone has a grasp on how ex post facto works, Sony could very well win this fair and square.
The patent is for the alloy, right? Still kind of weird how you can put a patent on an alloy. It's like putting a patent on science or something. :/
[quote=Fate;584749][COLOR=skyblue]The patent is for the alloy, right? Still kind of weird how you can put a patent on an alloy. It's like putting a patent on science or something.[/COLOR] :/
An alloy is a mixture of metals, you can get many different proportions of metals within the same alloy, each mixture having different properties. Creating an alloy with specific properties takes a lot of work and know-how, as does figuring out how to produce that alloy. It could quite easily be patented.
If DNA can be patented, anything can.
Is the internet patented? That's where I'm going.
You're going in the wrong direction.
Wait, wait, is it patented?
Parts of it, but not that I know of.
As someone who felt slightly wronged by the ridiculous cost of the Ps3 and switched allegiances to xbox360, I somewhat like to see this kind of stuff. Although, I'm pretty sure nothing will come of it.
(Sorrowful sniff)
Where did it all go wrong?
Yeah, hold on... Oh, wait. Cloning technology or some crap perhaps.