Agere claims Sony’s PSP, Playstation 2, Playstation 3 and other devices infringe 8 of its patents. Sony claims it already has cross licenses from Agere’s predecessor companies (AT&T/Lucent) for 7 of the patents and that the 8th patent is invalid. Agere is asking for an accounting of profits from such infringements from all Sony divisions and treble damages for willful infringement.
Sources: Gamespot | Gamasutra | engadget | PS3 Fanboy
By: Dale Dietrich