Target Technology has sued Sony over Blu-ray discs
Target Technology has sued Sony for violating a patent it holds on reflective layers used in optical storage media, according to Ars Technica. Target Technology’s complaint doesn’t tell exactly how Blu-ray infringes on its patents and it’s unlikely that the lawsuit will affect Blu-ray in any significant way. One option may be for Sony and other Blu-ray backers to use a different technology.
Target Technology’s complaint doesn’t go into detail on exactly how Blu-ray infringes on its patents, but it alleges that all Blu-ray discs manufactured, sold, and marketed by Sony are infringing. Target Technologies is demanding a jury trial, a declaration that the patents are valid and enforceable, damages, and an injunction barring Sony from future infringement.Like most companies in the consumer entertainment industry, Sony is no stranger to patent-infringement lawsuits. Sony and Kodak recently settled a long-running dispute over 10 Kodak patents related to digital cameras. Just a couple of months ago, Sony settled with Immersion over its use of Immersion’s force-feedback technology in the PlayStation 2 controllers, a dispute that arguably played a factor in the absence of force feedback in the SIXAXIS PS3 controller.
Source: Ars Technica
