Sony Sues Lik-Sang Over PSP Sales

Toshiro · August 9th, 2005

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By Nate Mook, BetaNews
August 8, 2005, 11:55 AM

Sony has made no secret of the fact that it is not happy with retailers selling its PlayStation Portable to consumers in markets where the device has yet to launch. And on Monday, the company filed suit against Hong Kong based Lik-Sang.com for shipping the PSP to customers in the United Kingdom.

Lik-Sang has proven a popular online store for impatient gamers. The PSP won't launch in the UK until September 1, but customers can order the Japanese version of the portable gaming console for less than the price set by Sony for the PSP's European launch.

"Lik-Sang's sales are an unlawful interference with Sony's economic interests," Sony wrote in its legal correspondence, claiming Lik-Sang advertised the PSP in a "dishonest manner."

Representatives of Lik-Sang say they were surprised by the lawsuit, and believe they are well within the laws of Hong Kong to sell the PSP anywhere in the world.

"Sony wants to completely cut hardcore gamers away from items released in Japan or anywhere else outside their own country," said Pascal Clarysse, Marketing Manager for Lik-Sang. "A very active part of the gaming community has been enjoying Japanese gaming culture for over two decades, and that's what the Empire is now willing to destroy."

Sony is additionally suing Lik-Sang for copyright infringement following the retailer's posting of the PSP manual in early June. The company is asking a court to prohibit Lik-Sang from selling the console, games and accessories to customers in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).

Lik-Sang intends to fight the charges and will continue selling Sony's PSP in the UK and elsewhere.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Sony...les/1123516513

And I thought Sony anywhere is Sony, guess those different divisions have their own personal wars hehe.

Samor · August 9th, 2005

strange though. psp yet not ps2. I don't recall liksang advertising the PSP in a dishonest manner =P
But hey, maybe theyre just angry UK/Europe can get their hands on PSP's before launch date.
Yes, that old console will still be released over here

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**Cid Highwind** · August 9th, 2005

Sony is teh evil, just in case you didn't know yet

But it sucks that once again Sony fails to see that Lik-Sang is just doing this for the gamers. If Sony wants to stop this why not release the whole thing earlier here. LS is just filling up the hole Sony created themselves.

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Samor · August 9th, 2005

yeah. and LS rules because thanks to them I can get games like Initial D

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August 9th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	strange though. psp yet not ps2. I don't recall liksang advertising the PSP in a dishonest manner =P But hey, maybe theyre just angry UK/Europe can get their hands on PSP's before launch date. Yes, that old console will still be released over here __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

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Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,541	Sony is teh evil, just in case you didn't know yet But it sucks that once again Sony fails to see that Lik-Sang is just doing this for the gamers. If Sony wants to stop this why not release the whole thing earlier here. LS is just filling up the hole Sony created themselves. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	yeah. and LS rules because thanks to them I can get games like Initial D __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850