October 05, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied Sony Corp.'s bid to toss allegations that its PlayStation 4 and Blu-ray players infringe two patents owned by its rivals, finding that coding methods that improve video processing speeds are inventive concepts patentable under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision.
September 13, 2016
Sony Corp. lost a bid to move a patent infringement suit over the PlayStation 4 from one California federal district to another on Monday, with a central district judge denying the argument that a transfer would be more convenient and efficient.
June 07, 2016
Broadcom Corp. and Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. — which acquired Broadcom earlier this year — hit Sony Corp. on Monday with a California federal suit accusing it of infringing 10 technology patents with Sony's popular PlayStation 4 gaming system.