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Sony’s Ancient Lawsuit vs. Cheat Device Heads in Right Direction – Sony’s Defeat.
For the greater good, Sony's 12-year-old plus lawsuit against cheat device maker Datel must end with an unambiguous loss for the gaming giant.
When today’s home video gaming market took its first tentative baby steps thanks to more affordable hardware in the early 1980s, the details of Sony’s lawsuit against Datel would’ve been dismissed as outrageous. This was a time of experimentation; one that thrived on the energy of pushing unimaginably incapable hardware by today’s standards, to perform in unexpected ways that often exceeded manufacturers’ expectations. It’s perhaps telling that various intellectual property law firms commenting on the opinion are noting the AG’s advice, while also advancing theories that generated variables in RAM could reasonably be considered part of the overall creative package.
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