Laser Sharks

Sony can now add the Cell Processor to the growing list of PS3 features which have generated a lawsuit. Sony has already had patent suits over the construction of Blu-ray discs and the PS3’s digital security system. 

This time Newport Beach, CA based Parallel Processing Corporation has brought a suit over the patent for “synchronized parallel processing with shared memory.”  The orignal patent was assigned to International Parallel Machines on October 8, 1981.  Parallel Processing Corporation is calling itself an “exclusive licensee.” 

The suit claims that Sony products including the PS3 are infinging on the patent, but does not specify which of the patents’s claims are being infringed upon.  The suit continues to say that Sony’s actions “are causing irreparable harm and monetary damage.”  I can only assume that the suit is referring to Parallel Processing Corporation, but it seems that Sony is the bigger victim of these actions.

Parallel Processing Corporation is seeking damages and attorney fees with interest, as well as the destuction of all Sony products that infringe on the patent.

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