Earlier this week, LG managed to persuade courts to file a temporary injunction against Sony’s distribution of PS3 consoles in the Netherlands and elsewhere, pending further patent infringement litigation between the two companies.
Consequently, some 300 000 consoles were seized and confiscated in the Netherlands, totalling some €43 millions worth of hardware.
Now, according to Dutch site Inside Gamer, this injunction has been revoked, and stock is scheduled to be re-released. LG has also been ordered to pay Sony’s legal fees – amounting to €130,000 – as well as an additional €200,000 for every day the company fails to comply with this. Ouchies.
This court order only applies to the confiscation of consoles, however, and the broader litigation is ongoing.
“It is only related to the prejudgment seizure order: it means Sony can resume the distribution of PlayStations across Europe for now, but there will be a full-fledged legal proceeding to determine whether there is an infringement (and if so, how much Sony owes LG for it),” writes FOSS Patents blogger, Florian Mueller.
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