filsinger
05-25-2007, 09:05 PM
A California company filed suit earlier this month claiming that Sony had infringed on a patent they held by using the technology they did with their Blu-ray DVDs. The California company goes by the name of Target Technology Company and theyre going after Sony for damages. The patent they claim Sony is stomping on is a patent they hold for how reflective layer materials are used in optical discs . The patent also covered the use of silver-based alloys that gave the same advantages of gold without having to use real gold. These alloys are allegedly more resistant to corrosion than just regular silver is, and help to give the discs a longer life.
Reaver
05-26-2007, 08:20 PM
Do they have an actual product, or did they just patent an obvious idea and wait for someone to "infringe" on it? Why aren't other Blu-ray companies being sued? Sounds like a lot of bullshit.
Fox k
05-29-2007, 08:56 AM
Yeah, they have enough manpower time and money to be able to defeat sony's lawyers.
nice agenda tags ;)
so where's the link to their product? i'm pretty sure you can't patent a compound, but you can patent a method. (think drugs and generics)
this isn't a cut and dry thing like immersion, which was a completely retarded sony move
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holy shit, i think i know that media company. it's owned by my friends ex's dad. small world
PsioniX
05-30-2007, 09:11 AM
nice agenda tags ;)
so where's the link to their product? i'm pretty sure you can't patent a compound, but you can patent a method. (think drugs and generics)
this isn't a cut and dry thing like immersion, which was a completely retarded sony moveYou can patent a compound.
There is a statute of limitations on drug companies products, which is why you see generics.
for instance, I think they get 4 or 5 years before they have to publish the formula and thats when generics come up.
You can patent a compound.
There is a statute of limitations on drug companies products, which is why you see generics.
for instance, I think they get 4 or 5 years before they have to publish the formula and thats when generics come up.and it takes 2 years just to get fda approval