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Dual Shock Shock

reads from Bit-Tech that reports are trickling through that Sony has lost the patent infringement activity brought against it yesteryear Immersion Technologies (a society part-owned yesteryear Nintendo). In result Sony may locomote forced to stop sales of its PS2 console.

Immersion sued Sony final yr for infringing its patents, claiming it owns the technology that powers the rumble inwards Sony's Dual Shock controllers (pictured right). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 like claim, brought against Microsoft inwards honor of the XBox, was settled. Sony silent fought on and, despite existence unsuccesful final year, it was allowed to run on selling the PS2 pending appeal. If, equally Bit-Tech indicates, the latest reports are verified, it's lost that appeal today.

Immersion Technologies is entitled to damages for yesteryear infringement, but it may good inquire for injunctive relief too, which volition hateful that Sony volition locomote ordered to clit PS2s off the shelf.

is virtually concerned. If PS2s are grounded, how volition an entire generation waste matter time? Merpel says, there's no guarantee that this volition cease inwards tears. Injunctive relief is silent discretionary, fifty-fifty inwards the United States. Let's encounter what happens.

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Trademark World

The virtually recent Trademark World (published monthly yesteryear Informa) is the March 2006 issue. notes that it contains only about other progress written report on the .eu domain - a dependent area that seems to a greater extent than pop amongst journals than amongst their readers, the IPKat thinks. This one's yesteryear Jonathan Robinson of NetNames, a work organisation which (as its cite suggests) is correct at that topographic point where the activity is. Other features include

* an article yesteryear Eddie Powell (Fladgate Fielder) on the latest failed seek to register the scent of ripe strawberries (right) equally a Community merchandise mark;

* "Good Vibes From Canada", a slice on confusion arising fifty-fifty where at that topographic point is a substantial departure betwixt the unlike products on which allegedly confusing merchandise marks are used [this is yesteryear Daniel S. Drapeau of Ogilvy Renault, who coincidentally has a slice inwards this month's Copyright World too);

* John Halton (an associate at Cripps Harries Hall) summarises the threats to merchandise marks from expiry yesteryear genericisation.

Copyright World

's March 2006 number of Copyright World, published yesteryear Informa, has a encompass floor yesteryear Simon Chapman (right) together with Dan Caunt (Field Fisher Waterhouse) on the challenges posed yesteryear digital rights management. There's also a welcome example regime annotation on the copyright/competition dispute betwixt Attheraces together with British Horseracing Board yesteryear Pat Treacy together with Sophie Lawrance (Bristows) together with a characteristic on the problems faced inwards Canada yesteryear online access to TV yesteryear Elliott Simcoe together with L. Catherine Eckenswiller (left) (Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh).