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Renai LeMay
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 20:30
Sony’s PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many gaming giant-initiated cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year.
Late last week Australia’s Federal Court slapped a temporary ban — which expires tomorrow — on a handful of local retailers selling or importing hardware — commonly known as “mod chips” — that allows unauthorised software to run on the popular PlayStation 3 console. The court also ordered the chips to be handed over to Sony while the case was running.
The situation echoes a similar case earlier this year, when law firm Berrigan Doube defended a local distributor against a lawsuit by Nintendo, in which the Japanese gaming giant was attempting to stop the retailer from distributing the R4 cartridge, which allows unauthorised applications and games to run on Nintendo’s handheld DS console.
The Nintendo case ended in a settlement to Nintendo to the tune of $620,000 without the judge coming to a finding — and, according to Berrigan Doube director John Cheng, similar cases may go down the same route.
“If history is anything to go by, I envisage many more cases to be settled in favour of the gaming giants before a court is given a proper chance to consider and decide on these highly contentious matters,” he said in an emailed statement this afternoon.
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