Comments on: Europe Bans PS3 Imports, But Who Wins in Patent Wars? http://gigaom.com/2011/03/04/europe-bans-ps3-imports-but-who-wins-in-patent-wars/ Tue, 21 May 2013 13:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kestutis http://gigaom.com/2011/03/04/europe-bans-ps3-imports-but-who-wins-in-patent-wars/#comment-611205 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:43:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=304935#comment-611205 [Quote]
Who really wins from all this? Certainly not users.
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Idd. I don’t really care who pays who, but I was just about to buy PS3 and now imports banned. Who to blame? LG for causing ban rather than requesting compensation. Will not buy any LG product from this day.

]]> By: bob http://gigaom.com/2011/03/04/europe-bans-ps3-imports-but-who-wins-in-patent-wars/#comment-605178 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:22:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=304935#comment-605178 I agree but im pretty sure blue ray is unique, But if LG wins Sony will just buy part of the patent from LG in the end.

]]> By: matt http://gigaom.com/2011/03/04/europe-bans-ps3-imports-but-who-wins-in-patent-wars/#comment-604531 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:06:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=304935#comment-604531 you fix it by updating the patent laws, OR removing them entirely on smaller aspects of things. subway tried to trademark the term “foot long”, obviously any logical person would say no, iv’e been using that term for 20 years before you started using it as a big promotion term, patents are the same way in my opinion, unless you’ve made something truly original and unique you shouldn’t be able to lock out all competition from making a competitive product based on their own design of something.

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